Nehemiah 5:4-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax upon our fields and our vineyards. ⁵ Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

⁶ I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.