1About that time there was a great outcry…
2Some were saying, “We and our sons and…
3Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields,…
4Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money…
5We and our children are just like our…
6When I heard their outcry and these complaints,…
7and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles…
8and said, “We have done our best to…
9So I continued, “What you are doing is…
10I, as well as my brothers and my…
11Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards,…
12“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will…
13I also shook out the folds of my…
14Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me…
15The governors before me had heavily burdened the…
16Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of…
17There were 150 Jews and officials at my…
18Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and…
19Remember me favorably, O my God, for all…
