1. And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Yehuḏim.
2. And there were some who were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many. Let us get grain for them, and eat, and live.”
3. And there were some who were saying, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses. Let us buy grain because of the scarcity of food.”
4. And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed silver for the sovereign’s tax on our lands and vineyards.
5. “And now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. And see, we are subjecting our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been subjected, and there is no power in our hands, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”