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17 who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other,

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18 and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.

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19 Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.

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20 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”

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21 So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out.

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22 At that time I also said to the people, “Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and as workers by day.”

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23 Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.

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1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews.

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2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”

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3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

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4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

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5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”

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6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.

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7 I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

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8 and said: “As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.

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9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

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10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!

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11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

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12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.” Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

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13 I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!” At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

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