Nehemiah 5:2; Nehemiah 5:3; Nehemiah 5:4

Nehemiah 5:2

2 For there were those who said, "We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live."

Nehemiah 5:3

3 There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine."

Nehemiah 5:4

4 Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.