“For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.”
The grievances are articulated: "For some said, 'With our sons and daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive.'" This statement reveals that food insecurity has become acute; families are going hungry and fear starvation if they cannot acquire grain. The mention of sons and daughters emphasizes that dependents are suffering, intensifying the moral weight of the complaint. The economic crisis appears to have been precipitated or worsened by the intensive labor demands of the wall reconstruction, which has diverted the poor from agricultural production and other income-generating activities.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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