1 Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" arose|strong="H1419" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" cry|strong="H6818" of|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1419" of|strong="H5971" their|strong="H1961" wives against their|strong="H1961" brethren the|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064".
2 For|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3426" were|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" said, We, our|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323", are|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7227": let us|strong="H2421" get|strong="H3947" corn|strong="H1715", that|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1121" eat and|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421".
3 Some also there|strong="H3426" were|strong="H3426" that|strong="H3426" said, We are|strong="H3426" mortgaging|strong="H6148" our|strong="H3947" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3947" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3947" houses|strong="H1004": let us|strong="H7704" get|strong="H3947" corn|strong="H1715", because of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" dearth|strong="H7458".
4 There|strong="H3426" were|strong="H3426" also|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" said, We have|strong="H3426" borrowed|strong="H3867" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3426" king|strong="H4428"’s tribute|strong="H4060" upon our|strong="H3426" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3701" our|strong="H3426" vineyards|strong="H3754".
5 Yet|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" our|strong="H5650" flesh|strong="H1320" is|strong="H3426" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" brethren, our|strong="H5650" children|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1121" their|strong="H6258" children|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121", lo|strong="H2009", we|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H1323" into|strong="H3027" bondage|strong="H5650" our|strong="H5650" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3426" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" daughters|strong="H1323" are|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3533" into|strong="H3027" bondage|strong="H5650" already: neither is|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3533" in|strong="H1320" our|strong="H5650" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" help|strong="H1323" it|strong="H3533"; for|strong="H3027" other men|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3426" our|strong="H5650" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5650" vineyards|strong="H3754".
6 And|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H2201" and|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697".
7 Then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" consulted|strong="H4427" with|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H3820", and|strong="H1419" contended|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nobles|strong="H2715" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H5461", and|strong="H1419" said unto|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", Ye|strong="H3820" exact|strong="H5383" usury|strong="H4855", every|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4427" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" brother. And|strong="H1419" I|strong="H5414" held|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" assembly|strong="H6952" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414".
8 And|strong="H1471" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H1697" them|strong="H4672", We|strong="H1697" after|strong="H1767" our|strong="H7069" ability|strong="H1767" have|strong="H1571" redeemed|strong="H7069" our|strong="H7069" brethren the|strong="H1697" Jews|strong="H3064", which|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1697" sold|strong="H4376" unto|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" heathen|strong="H1471"; and|strong="H1471" would|strong="H1697" ye|strong="H1697" even|strong="H1571" sell|strong="H4376" your|strong="H3808" brethren, and|strong="H1471" should they|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" sold|strong="H4376" unto|strong="H1697" us|strong="H4672"? Then|strong="H1571" held they|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3808" peace|strong="H2790", and|strong="H1471" found|strong="H4672" never|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".
9 Also|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697", The|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1471" ye|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896": ought|strong="H1697" ye|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" walk|strong="H3212" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H1697" our|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3808", because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" reproach|strong="H2781" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" heathen|strong="H1471" our|strong="H6213" enemies?
10 And|strong="H3701" I|strong="H2088" likewise|strong="H1571", my|strong="H5800" brethren and|strong="H3701" my|strong="H5800" servants|strong="H5288", do|strong="H4994" lend|strong="H5383" them|strong="H5800" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" corn|strong="H1715" on|strong="H1571" usury|strong="H4855". I|strong="H2088" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5800", let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" leave|strong="H5800" off|strong="H5800" this|strong="H2088" usury|strong="H4855".
11 Restore|strong="H7725", I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3117", to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", even this|strong="H7725" day|strong="H3117", their|strong="H7725" fields|strong="H7704", their|strong="H7725" vineyards|strong="H3754", their|strong="H7725" oliveyards|strong="H2132", and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H7725" houses|strong="H1004", also|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" hundredth|strong="H3967" part of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" corn|strong="H1715", the|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3117" oil|strong="H3323", that|strong="H3117" ye|strong="H3117" exact|strong="H5383" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H7725".
12 Then|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992", We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" restore|strong="H7725" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H1697" require|strong="H1245" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H1992"; so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213", even|strong="H3651" as|strong="H1697" thou|strong="H6213" sayest. Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H7725" took|strong="H7650" an|strong="H6213" oath|strong="H7650" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H1992", that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3548" do|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" promise|strong="H1697".
13 Also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1697" shook|strong="H5287" out|strong="H6213" my|strong="H3605" lap|strong="H2684", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H1697", So|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" out|strong="H6213" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" from|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" from|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" labour|strong="H3018", that|strong="H5971" performeth|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" promise|strong="H1697"; even|strong="H1571" thus|strong="H3602" be|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" shaken|strong="H5287" out|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6965" emptied|strong="H7386". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H6951" said|strong="H1697", Amen, and|strong="H6965" praised|strong="H1984" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H3602" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" promise|strong="H1697".
14 Moreover|strong="H1571" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" land of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" twentieth|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" even|strong="H1571" unto|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H3063" thirtieth|strong="H7970" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Artaxerxes the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428", that is, twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", I|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H1961" brethren have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" eaten the|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" governor|strong="H6346".
15 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" former|strong="H7223" governors|strong="H6346" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" were|strong="H5971" chargeable|strong="H3513" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3701" took|strong="H3947" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3701" wine|strong="H3196", beside|strong="H5921" forty shekels|strong="H8255" of|strong="H6440" silver|strong="H3701"; yea|strong="H1571", even|strong="H1571" their|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5288" bare|strong="H5288" rule|strong="H7980" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971": but|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3808".
16 Yea|strong="H1571", also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H7704" this|strong="H2063" wall|strong="H2346", neither|strong="H3808" bought|strong="H7069" we|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704": and|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5288" were|strong="H5288" gathered|strong="H6908" thither|strong="H8033" unto|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399".
17 Moreover there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1471" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H5461" an|strong="H4480" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" men, beside|strong="H5921" those|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1471" came unto us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" heathen|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1471" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" us|strong="H5921".
18 Now|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H2088" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H3117" six|strong="H8337" choice|strong="H1305" sheep|strong="H6629"; also|strong="H6213" fowls|strong="H6833" were|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3117" once|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" store|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" sorts of|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196": yet|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" demanded not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H6346", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" bondage|strong="H5656" was|strong="H1961" heavy|strong="H3513" upon|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971".
19 Remember|strong="H2142" unto|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921", O|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" God, for|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896", all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971".