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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Nehemiah 5:13

Lap, or skirt of my robes. (Tirinus) --- Such figurative actions were very common. Thus a Roman ambassador at Carthage, folding up his garment, said he brought peace or war. (Livy xxi. 18.) (Calmet) --- Said. Behold how easily was that effected at Jerusalem, which the Romans could never perfectly bring about, after the most violent riots! (Tirinus)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nehemiah 5:13. _ALSO I SHOOK MY LAP_] This was a significant action frequent among the Hebrews; and something of the same nature was practised among other nations. "When the Roman ambassadors e...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I SHOOK MY LAP - Compare the marginal references. By “lap” is meant a fold in the bosom of the dress, capable of serving as a pocket. Compare Isaiah 49:22 margin....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The complaint of oppression (Nehemiah 5:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's rebuke and demands (Nehemiah 5:6) 3. Nehemiah's generosity (Nehemiah 5:14)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWS. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah 5:14 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place. Nehemiah 5:1 deals with the economic straits to which the Jews...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CONGREGATION. assembly or muster. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Also I shook my lap_ R.V. ALSO I SHOOK OUT MY LAP. (LXX. ἀναβολήν. Vulg. -sinum".) The word here rendered -lap" only occurs elsewhere in the O. T. in Isaiah 49:22, R.V. -bosom," A.V. -arms." Nehemiah...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Nehemiah protests, and offers a solution. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:6-13 6 Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 7 And I consulted with myself, and contended with the nob...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH'S MEASURES IN ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuitously...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SHOOK MY LAP] For similar symbolic acts cp. 1 Kings 22:11; Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 28:10....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 5 V1 At this time, some men and their wives became angry. They complained about some other *Jews. V2 Th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Nehemiah and his companions had also lent money and grain to the poor people. But Nehemiah and his companions had not charged the people money for the loans. Nehemiah had obeyed God’s command and he w...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHOOK MY LAP. — This symbolical act imprecated on every man who broke this covenant an appropriate penalty: that he be emptied of all his possessions, even as the fold of Nehemiah’s garment was emptie...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּם ־חָצְנִ֣י נָעַ֗רְתִּי וָֽ אֹמְרָ֡ה כָּ֣כָה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    USURY Nehemiah 5:1 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the prosecut...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SECURING JUSTICE FOR THE POOR Nehemiah 5:1 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6. They had mortgaged...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) В¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. (7) Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brot...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Liberty or Bondage? I. INTRODUCTION A. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 1. 1 Corinthia...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Also I shook my lap_ The extreme parts of my garment, which I first folded together, and then shook it and scattered it asunder. This was one form of swearing then in use. _So God shake every man fro...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, morgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hosp...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMPLAINT OF THE PEOPLE ADJUSTED BY NEHEMIAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Also I shook my lap, the bosom of his outer garment, which was used as a pocket, AND SAID, SO GOD SHAKE OUT EVERY MAN FROM HIS HOUSE AND FROM HIS LABOR THAT PERFORMETH NOT THIS PROMISE; EVEN THUS BE H...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilty of...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EMPTIED: _ Heb._ empty or void...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-13 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 right way to reform men's lives, is to convince th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I SHOOK MY LAP, i.e. the lap or extreme parts of my garment, which I first folded together, and then shook it, and scattered it asunder. This was a form of swearing then in use. FROM HIS LABOUR, i.e....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 5:13 shook H5287 (H8804) garment H2684 said H559 (H8799) God H430 out H5287 (H8762) man...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    NEHEMIAH EXPRESSES HIS ANGER, ADMITS HIS OWN PART IN CAUSING THE PROBLEM, AND PROPOUNDS A SOLUTION (NEHEMIAH 5:6). When Nehemiah heard their pleas, he was angry, both with himself and with others. He...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ONE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCE OF THE CONCENTRATION ON THE BUILDING OF THE WALL PROVES NEHEMIAH'S WORTH (NEHEMIAH 5:1). Nehemiah is now revealed, not only as a great leader, but as a man of compassion. Li...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Opposition by greed and heartlessness. Nehemiah's example of unselfishness. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing exposes Christianity more to the reproaches of its enemies than t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 5:3. _Because of the dearth,_ specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9. Nehemiah 5:5. We bring into bondage our sons a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And there was a great cry of the people._ THE FRIEND OF THE POOR I. The complaint of the poor. It is sometimes alleged the poor have a morbid disposition to complain of their indigence and suffering...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 5:1 Nehemiah Deals with Injustices in the Community; Nehemiah’s Personal Contribution to the Project. Nehemiah takes measures to end the exploitation of the weak in the community by its power...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:13 SHOOK OUT THE FOLD. A symbolic action matching the words of the curse that follow. SO MAY GOD SHAKE OUT. This type of curse-formula was a way of compelling people to do...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 5:1. AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN] _i. e._ the richer portion (Nehemiah 5:7). NEHEMIAH 5:2. THERE WERE THAT SAID] Keil divides into three classes. (_a_) The workers, who had no...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION INTERNAL DIFFICULTIES, AND NEHEMIAH'S MODE OF MEETING THEM (Nehemiah 5:1). While the building of the wall was in progress, but not, so far as it is stated, in direct connection with the emp...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within. If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Kings 11:29; 1 Samuel 15:28; 2 Kings 23:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My lap — The extreme parts of my garment, which I first folded together, and then shook it and scattered it asunder. This was a form of swearing then in use....

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