Then I got up at night, along with a few men with me. I had not confided to any person what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. Furthermore, there was no other animal with me except for the one I was riding.

Still others were saying "We've borrowed money against our fields and vineyards to pay the king's taxes.

I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.

So today please restore to them their fields, vineyards, olive orchards, and homes, along with the one percent interest charge that you've assessed them on the grain, wine, and oil."

"Remember me with favor, my God, for everything I've done for this people."

I sent word back to him, "Nothing has happened as you've claimed. You're making up these charges in your imagination."