Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise. The Generosity of Nehemiah
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I shook my lap - Compare the marginal references. The term “lap” refers to a fold in the garment at the chest, which could be used as a pock…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Shook my lap. — This symbolic act invoked on every man who broke this covenant an appropriate penalty: that he be emptied…
John Gill
JohnGill
Also I shook my lap
The fore skirts of his garment, shaking the dust out of them, as a symbol of what follows; a lik…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Nehemiah knew that if he built Jerusalem's walls ever so high, so thick, or so strong, the city could not be safe while there were abuses. The righ…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes