There were also some who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Our homes and our cities are just a few kilometers from each other, our fields brush up against theirs.

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled he hath changed the portion of my people how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Our homes and our cities are just a few kilometers from each other, our fields brush up against theirs. The men of Gaza, the activists or policemen of Hamas whom we observe through our military binoculars, were in the past the activists and policemen of Fatah.