Nehemiah 5:6-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁶ I became extremely angry^(A) when I heard their outcry and these complaints. ⁷ After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.”^(B) So I called a large assembly against them ⁸ and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.”^(C) They remained silent and could not say a word.^(D)