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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Gill's Exposition
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah,.... That is, by the king of Persia, which was not done when he was first sent into Judea; but very probably when…
Barnes' Notes
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 Isa 49:22 margin.
Adam Clarke
Also I shook my lap - This was a significant action frequent among the Hebrews; and something of the same nature was practiced among other nations. "When the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of…
It should seem the foregoing complaint was made to Nehemiah at the time when he had his head and hands as full as possible of the public business about building the wall; yet, perceiving it to be…
Cambridge Bible
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 Isa 49:22, R.V. -bosom," A.V. -arms." Nehemiah here…
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