Nehemiah 5:3
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 5 connects to 7 cross-references. Economic distress erupts within the community: poor families complain that they mortgage fields, vineyards, and children to pay Persian taxes and buy food while wealthy nobles charge interest. Nehemiah rebukes the nobles publicly, makes them swear to return pledged property …
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Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
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