Nehemiah 5:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ Give it back to them, right now. Return their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses. And give back the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you are charging them.”

¹² They replied, “We’ll return everything, and we won’t charge anything else.^[a] We’ll do what you’ve asked.”

So I called the priests and made them swear to do what they had promised. ¹³ I also shook out the fold of my robe, saying, “So may God shake out everyone from their house and property if they don’t keep this promise. So may they be shaken out and emptied!”

The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.