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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.
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A Desperate Situation
Commentators explain that the "dearth" was not a specific, historical famine but an immediate and severe food shortage. This crisis, possibly worsened by enemy activity disrupting supply lines, was so dire that people were forced to mortgage their essential properties—fields, vineyards, and homes—just to buy grain and survive.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Because of the dearth. —Not any particular famine, strictly speaking, but their present hunger. The past mortgages had constrained…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Some also there were that said, we have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses Made them over to others, putting them…
Presbyterian
Men prey upon their fellow-creatures: by despising the poor they reproach their Maker. Such conduct is a disgrace to any, but who can sufficiently …
