16:005:002 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are
           many:  therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and
           live.

16:005:003 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
           vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the
           dearth.

16:005:004 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the
           king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

16:005:005 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our
           children as their children:  and, lo, we bring into bondage our
           sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our
           daughters are brought unto bondage already:  neither is it in
           our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and
           vineyards.

16:005:006 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

16:005:007 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and
           the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of
           his brother.  And I set a great assembly against them.

16:005:008 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our
           brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will
           ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? 
           Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

16:005:009 Also I said, It is not good that ye do:  ought ye not to walk
           in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen
           our enemies?

16:005:010 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of
           them money and corn:  I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

16:005:011 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands,
           their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the
           hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and
           the oil, that ye exact of them.

16:005:012 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
           of them; so will we do as thou sayest.  Then I called the
           priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do
           according to this promise.

16:005:013 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from
           his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this
           promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.  And all the
           congregation said, Amen, and praised the lord.  And the people
           did according to this promise.

16:005:014 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
           governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even
           unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that
           is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread
           of the governor.