Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many.
Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses.
Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.