Neh 5:13

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I shook my lap.

So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will.

The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said,

We bring you war."--Livy.

Matt 10:14; Acts 13:51; Acts 18:6

So God.

1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 11:29-31; Zech 5:3; Zech 5:4

emptied. Heb. empty, or void. Amen.

Num 5:22; Deut 27:14-26

praised.

1Ch 16:36

the people.

2Kgs 23:3; Ps 50:14; Ps 76:11; Ps 119:106; Eccl 5:5