Nehemiah 5:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live.”

³ There were some also who said, “We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn because of the dearth.”

⁴ There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.