Deuteronomy 28:29-31

Ver. 29-31. Thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, &c.— See ver. 33. How often has this threatening been verified! What frequent seizures have been made of their effects in almost all countries! How often have they been fined and fleeced by almost all governments! Instances are innumerable: we will only cite an historian of our own, who says, that "Henry III. always polled the Jews at every low ebb of his fortunes. One Abraham, who was found delinquent, was forced to pay seven hundred marks for his redemption. Aaron, another Jew, protested, that the king had taken from him at times thirty thousand marks of silver, besides two hundred marks of gold, which he had presented to the queen; and in like manner he used many others of the Jews." See Daniel in Kennet, vol. 1: p. 179. And when they were banished in the reign of Edward I. their estates were confiscated, and immense sums thereby accrued to the crown. See Bishop Newton, and Basnage, as before.