SOCIAL INJUSTICE

5 There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen. 2 Some were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.” 3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”h 4 Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s taxi on our fields and vineyards.j