Nehemiah 5:1-4

Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let’s get grain so that we may eat and live.”

And there were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses so that we might get grain because of the famine.”

There also were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.