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Now ^(C1)there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their ^(C2)Jewish brothers.

For there were those who said, "We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let's ^(C1)get grain so that we may eat and live."

And there were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses so that we might get grain because of the famine."

There also were those who said, "We have borrowed money ^(C1)for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.

"And now ^(C1)our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, ^(C2)we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and ^(F1)we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others."