1. And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
2. For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
3. There were also some who said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”
4. There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.