OUGHT YE NOT TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF OUR GOD

NEHEMIAH 5:9-13

I SAID, 

IT IS NOT GOOD 

THAT YE DO: 

OUGHT YE NOT TO 

WALK IN THE FEAR OF OUR GOD 

BECAUSE 

OF 

THE REPROACH OF THE HEATHEN 

OUR ENEMIES? 

I LIKEWISE, AND MY BRETHREN,

AND MY SERVANTS,

MIGHT EXACT OF

THEM MONEY AND CORN:

I PRAY YOU,

LET US LEAVE OFF THIS USURY.

RESTORE, I PRAY YOU,

TO THEM, EVEN THIS DAY,

THEIR LANDS,

THEIR VINEYARDS,

THEIR OLIVEYARDS,

AND

THEIR HOUSES,

ALSO

THE HUNDREDTH PART OF THE MONEY,

AND OF THE CORN,

THE WINE, AND THE OIL,

THAT YE EXACT OF THEM.

THEN SAID THEY, 

WE WILL RESTORE THEM, 

AND WILL REQUIRE 

NOTHING OF THEM; 

SO WILL WE DO AS 

THOU SAYEST. 

THEN 

I CALLED THE PRIESTS, 

AND 

TOOK AN OATH OF THEM, 

THAT THEY SHOULD DO 

ACCORDING TO THIS PROMISE. 

ALSO I SHOOK MY LAP, 

AND SAID, 

SO GOD 

SHAKE OUT EVERY MAN 

FROM HIS HOUSE, 

AND FROM HIS LABOUR, 

THAT PERFORMETH NOT 

THIS PROMISE, 

EVEN THUS BE HE 

SHAKEN OUT, 

AND EMPTIED. 

AND ALL THE CONGREGATION SAID, 

AMEN, 

AND PRAISED THE LORD. 

AND THE PEOPLE DID 

ACCORDING TO THIS PROMISE. 

 

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