Nehemiah 5:6-13

6WhenH834 I heardH8085 their outcryH2201 and theseH428 complaintsH1697, I became extremelyH3966 angryH2734, 7and after seriousH3820 thoughtH4427 I rebukedH7378 the noblesH2715H854 and officialsH5461, sayingH559, “YouH376H859 are exactingH5378 usuryH4855 from your own brothersH251!”

So I calledH5414 a largeH1419 assemblyH6952 against themH5921 8and saidH559, “WeH587 have done our bestH1767 to buy backH7069 our JewishH3064 brothersH251 who were soldH4376 to foreignersH1471, but now youH859 are sellingH4376 your own brothersH251, that they may be sold backH4376 to us!”

But they remained silentH2790, for they could findH4672 nothingH3808 to sayH1697.

9So I continuedH559, “WhatH834 youH859 are doingH6213 is notH3808 rightH2896H1697. Shouldn’tH3808 you walkH1980 in the fearH3374 of our GodH430 to avoid the reproachH2781 of our foreignH1471 enemiesH341? 10IH589, as well asH1571 my brothersH251 and my servantsH5288, have been lendingH5383 the people moneyH3701 and grainH1715. PleaseH4994, let us stopH5800 thisH2088 usuryH4855. 11PleaseH4994 restoreH7725 to them immediatelyH3117 their fieldsH7704, vineyardsH3754, olive grovesH2132, and housesH1004, along with the percentageH3967 of the moneyH3701, grainH1715, new wineH8492, and oilH3323 thatH834 youH859 have been assessingH5383 them.”

12“We will restoreH7725 it,” they repliedH559, “and will requireH1245H3651 nothingH3808 more from them. We will doH6213 asH834 youH859 sayH559.”

So I summonedH7121 the priestsH3548 and required of the nobles and officials an oath that theyH7650 would doH6213 what they had promisedH1697H2088. 13I alsoH1571 shook outH5287 the folds of my robeH2684 and saidH559, “May GodH430 likewiseH3602 shakeH5287 out of his houseH1004 and possessionsH3018H3602 everyH3605 manH376 whoH834 does notH3808 keepH6965 thisH2088 promiseH1697. May such a man beH1961 shaken outH5287 and have nothingH7386!”

The wholeH3605 assemblyH6951 saidH559, “AmenH543,” and they praisedH1984 the LORDH3068. And the peopleH5971 didH6213 as they had promisedH1697H2088.