Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:5
Source: Septuagint
5And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the nobles.
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3And some said, As to our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge them, and we will take corn, and eat.
4And some said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tributes—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:5 —
6And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words.
7And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what ye demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,