12 They responded, “We will return these things and require nothing more from them.t We will do as you say.”

So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oathu to do this. 13 I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken outv and have nothing!”

The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.w