Verse 13
Nehemiah 5:13
World English Bible
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Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God (Elohim) shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even be he shaken out, and emptied like this.”
All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּם חָצְנִ֣/י נָעַ֗רְתִּי וָֽ/אֹמְרָ֡/ה כָּ֣כָה יְנַעֵ֪ר הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֟ים אֶת כָּל הָ/אִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא יָקִ֜ים אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֗ה מִ/בֵּית/וֹ֙ וּ/מִ֣/יגִיע֔/וֹ וְ/כָ֛כָה יִהְיֶ֥ה נָע֖וּר וָ/רֵ֑ק וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ כָֽל הַ/קָּהָ֜ל אָמֵ֗ן וַֽ/יְהַלְלוּ֙ אֶת יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ/עָ֖ם כַּ/דָּבָ֥ר הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
Also, I have declared and said, "Thus God will shake every man who does not fulfill this matter from his house and his possessions, and thus he will be young and empty." And all the congregation said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord, and the people did according to this matter.
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