Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard {\i thereof}, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife.