Nehemiah 5:2-4

New Century Version

² Some of them were saying, “We have many sons and daughters in our families. To eat and stay alive, we need grain.”

³ Others were saying, “We are borrowing money against our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain because there is not much food.”

⁴ And still others were saying, “We are borrowing money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.