Complaints of debt, interest, and bondage

'''Back to [[Bible Topic from Genesis to Revelation]]''' '''Back to [['Nehemiah]]''' ---- Ne 5:1: And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Ne 5:2: For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Ne 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. Ne 5:4: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Ne 5:5: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. [[Category:Bible Topic]]