Nehemiah 5:11-13

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¹¹ Give back their fields, vineyards, olive trees, and houses ·right now [^Lthis very day]. Also give back the ·extra amount [interest] you charged—·the hundredth part [one percent] of the money, grain, new wine, and oil.”

¹² They said, “We will give it back and not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I called for the priests, and I made the ·important people [nobles] and ·leaders [officials] ·take an oath [swear; vow] to do what they had ·said [promised]. ¹³ Also I shook out the folds of my ·robe [^Lbosom] and said, “In this way may God shake out everyone who does not ·keep his [fulfill/^Lcause to stand this] promise. May God shake him out of his house and ·out of the things that are his [his possessions/property]. Let that person be shaken out and emptied!”

Then the whole ·group [assembly] said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. So the people did what they had ·promised [sworn; vowed].