6When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
6When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
3 Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."
4 Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our countrymen and though our sons are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others."
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
7 I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, "You are exacting usury from your own countrymen!" So I called together a large meeting to deal with them
8 and said: "As far as possible, we have bought back our Jewish brothers who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your brothers, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6And I was exceedingly angry when I heard their cry according to these words.
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
5:6And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words,
5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.