Nehemiah 5:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ And although our flesh is identical to that of our kinsmen and our children are as good as theirs, we will have to subject our sons and daughters into slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, and our fields and our vineyards now belong to others.”

Nehemiah’s Action. ⁶ When I heard these complaints and the cries of the people, I was extremely angry. ⁷ After having considered the various options, I threatened to bring charges against the nobles and the magistrates, accusing them of exacting interest from their own kinsmen.

Then I summoned a great assembly to deal with them, Read full chapter