1. And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2. And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
3. And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
4. And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
5. yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
6. And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.