^{2 Ref} For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

^{3 Ref} Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

^{4 Ref} There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute `upon' our fields and our vineyards.

^{5 Ref} 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 into bondage `already': neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.