Neh 5:8

“And I said to them And so I said to them: We already bought our Jewish brethren who were in captivity from the heathens to whom they were sold. with as much as we could afford with as much money as was in our hands. and you too And you too will sell to the heathens your brethren who are subjected to you as slaves? and they will be sold to us And the result will be that they will be sold to us by the heathens (and if so, why should you sell them, since we will be compelled to redeem them? This is found in certain editions). and they remained silent They were silent and ashamed, and they did not know what to answer.”

“Also I said, it is not good that ye do,.... The meaning is, that it was very bad; it is a "meiosis", by which more is intended than is expressed: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God; in reverence of him and his law, and according to that: because of the reproach of the Heathen our enemies? whose mouths will be open to reproach the true religion, and the good ways of God; and say, these are the men that pretend to fear God, and serve him, and yet break his law, and use their brethren ill, see Rom 2:24.”