4:19. And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
4:20. In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
4:21. And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
4:22. At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
4:23. Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
2 Esdras Chapter 5
Nehemias blameth the rich, for their oppressing the poor. His exhortation, and bounty to his countrymen.
5:1. Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
5:2. And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: let us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
5:3. And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn because of the famine.