Níxīmǐjì 5:13

13 Wǒ yĕ dǒuzhe xiōng qián de yī jīn , shuō , fán bù chéngjiù zhè yīngxǔ de , yuàn shén zhàoyàng dǒu tā líkāi jiā chǎn hé tā laólù dé lái de , zhídào dǒu kōng le . huì zhòng dōu shuō , āmén . yòu zànmĕi Yēhéhuá . bǎixìng jiù zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de qù xíng .

Níxīmǐjì 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 5:13

Also I shook my lap
The fore skirts of his garment, shaking the dust out of them, as a symbol of what follows; a like rite was used in the case of peace and war, the choice of either, by the Romans, as proposed by their ambassadors to the Carthaginians, as having either in their bosom to shake out ^F12:

and said, so God shake out every man from his house, and from his
labour;
what he has got by his labour:

that performeth not his promise;
confirmed by an oath:

even thus be he shaken out, and emptied;
of all that he has in the world, and out of the world too, as Jarchi adds:

and all the congregation said, Amen;
so let it be, even those that had taken pledges and usury, as well as others:

and praised the Lord;
that had given them such a governor to direct, advise, and exhort them to their duty, and had inclined their hearts to attend thereunto:

and the people did according to this promise;
they punctually kept it, and the oath they had sworn.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Florus, l. 2. c. 6. Liv. l. 21. c. l8.

Níxīmǐjì 5:13 In-Context

11 Rújīn wǒ quàn nǐmen jiāng tāmende tiándì , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán , fángwū , bìng xiàng tāmen suǒ qǔ de yínqián , liángshi , xīn jiǔ , hé yóu , bǎi fēn ...zhīyī de lì xī dōu guī huán tāmen .

12 Zhòngrén shuō , wǒmen bì guī huán , bú zaì xiàng tāmen suǒ yào , bì zhào nǐde huà xíng . wǒ jiù zhào le jìsī lái , jiào zhòngrén qǐshì , bì zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de ér xíng .

13 Wǒ yĕ dǒuzhe xiōng qián de yī jīn , shuō , fán bù chéngjiù zhè yīngxǔ de , yuàn shén zhàoyàng dǒu tā líkāi jiā chǎn hé tā laólù dé lái de , zhídào dǒu kōng le . huì zhòng dōu shuō , āmén . yòu zànmĕi Yēhéhuá . bǎixìng jiù zhào zhe suǒ yīngxǔ de qù xíng .

14 Zì cóng wǒ fèng paì zuò Yóudà dì de shĕng zhǎng , jiù shì cóng Yàdáxuēxī wáng ĕr shí nián , zhídào sān shí èr nián , gōng shí èr nián zhī jiǔ , wǒ yǔ wǒ dìxiōng dōu méiyǒu chī shĕngzhǎng de fèng lù .

15 Zaì wǒ yǐqián de shĕng zhǎng jiā zhòng bǎixìng de dànzi , mĕi rì suǒ yào liángshi hé jiǔ , bìng yínzi sì shí Shĕkèlè , jiù shì tāmende púrén yĕ xiá zhì bǎixìng . dàn wǒ yīn jìngwèi shén bù zhèyàng xíng .