Nehemiah 5:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² They responded, “We will restore these things,^[a] and will assess no interest charges^[b] against them. We will do what you are requesting!”

So I called the priests and made them take an oath to fulfill this promise. ¹³ I also shook my robes,^[c] and said, “May God shake out every man from his house and his possessions who does not keep this promise. May he be emptied out and shaken just like this.”

All the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. And the people kept their promise.

Nehemiah Refuses the Governor’s Allotment

¹⁴ In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, during the twelve years from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes), neither I nor my relatives relied on the provisions^[d] allotted to the governor.