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Contending with the nobles and the rulers, the oath, and the assembly’s “Amen”

귀인과 민장을 꾸짖은 말과 맹세와 회중의 아멘

Nehemiah 5:6–13: the speaker (“I”) says, “I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, ‘You exact usury, everyone of his brother.’ I held a great assembly against them. I said to them, ‘We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?’ Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.” He also says, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury. Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.” The text says, “Then they said, ‘We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.’ Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.” The speaker shakes out his lap, and says, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” The text says, “All the assembly said, ‘Amen,’ and praised the LORD. The people did according to this promise.” The Korean Revised Version gives 5:7 no subject of its own (중심에 계획하고 귀인과 민장을 꾸짖어, took counsel within and rebuked the nobles and the rulers), and at 5:12 reads 내가 제사장들을 불러 저희에게 그 말대로 행하리라는 맹세를 시키게 하고 (I called the priests and had an oath put to them, that they would do according to that word), where WEB reads “took an oath of them”.

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NEH 5:6–13, engwebp
⁶I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
⁷Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
⁸I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.
⁹Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
¹⁰I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
¹¹Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.”
¹²Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
¹³Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. The people did according to this promise.
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Nehemiah (son of Hacaliah) — Took part in — Contending with the nobles and the rulers, the oath, and the assembly’s “Amen”

Evidence: Nehemiah 5:6–13

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Entry: Contending with the nobles and the rulers, the oath, and the assembly’s “Amen” (event-neh-5-the-rebuke-the-oath-and-the-amen)
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Current wording: Nehemiah 5:6–13: the speaker (“I”) says, “I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, ‘You exact usury, everyone of his brother.’ I held a great assembly against them. I said to them, ‘We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?’ Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.” He also says, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury. Please restore to them, even today, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.” The text says, “Then they said, ‘We will restore them, and will require nothing of them. We will do so, even as you say.’ Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.” The speaker shakes out his lap, and says, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” The text says, “All the assembly said, ‘Amen,’ and praised the LORD. The people did according to this promise.” The Korean Revised Version gives 5:7 no subject of its own (중심에 계획하고 귀인과 민장을 꾸짖어, took counsel within and rebuked the nobles and the rulers), and at 5:12 reads 내가 제사장들을 불러 저희에게 그 말대로 행하리라는 맹세를 시키게 하고 (I called the priests and had an oath put to them, that they would do according to that word), where WEB reads “took an oath of them”.
Cited evidence: NEH 5:6–13, engwebp
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