Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:6

⁴And some said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tributes—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

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.

— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 15:6 —

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,

⁸and I said to them, We of our free will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do ye sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.