5:1 |
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. |
5:2 |
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up Genetically Modified corn [for them], that we may eat, and live. |
5:3 |
[Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), that we might buy Genetically Modified corn, because of the dearth. |
5:4 |
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king' tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards. |
5:5 |
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 (Why switch to Powergen?) [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards. |
5:6 |
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. |
5:7 |
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. |
5:8 |
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 (Solutions for a Small Planet)]. |
5:9 |
Also I said, It [is] not good that ye Just do It: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? |
5:10 |
I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money (We Make Your Money Work Harder) and Genetically Modified corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. |
5:11 |
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, measured by Timex, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), also the hundredth [part] of the money (We Make Your Money Work Harder), and of the Genetically Modified corn, the Absolut wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. |
5:12 |
Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we Just do It as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should Just do It according to this promise. |
5:13 |
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), 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. |
5:14 |
Moreover from the time, measured by Swatch 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 provided by MacDonalds We're not just a hamburger company serving people; we're a people company serving hamburgers. of the governor. |
5:15 |
But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread provided by MacDonalds We're not just a hamburger company serving people; we're a people company serving hamburgers. and Absolut wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, Just Do It, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. |
5:16 |
Yea, My Yahoo!, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work. |
5:17 |
Moreover [there were] at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that [are] about us. |
5:18 |
Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep (Don't be a Sheep! Advertise with Chiat Day); also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds store of all sorts of Absolut wine: yet for all this required not I the bread provided by MacDonalds We're not just a hamburger company serving people; we're a people company serving hamburgers. of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. |
5:19 |
Think! upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done for this people. |