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Ezr 10:2 — And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Shechaniah		Ezr 10:26; Neh 3:29
Elam		Ezr 2:7,31; Neh 7:12,34
We have trespassed		Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in the following list. Compare Jam 2:9; Exd 34:12; Neh 13:27
yet now there is hope		Exd 34:6,7; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 3:12,13; 1Jo 1:7-9

Correlating Passages

Shechaniah

	Ezr 10:26	And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
	Neh 3:29	After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

Elam

	Ezr 2:7	The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
	Ezr 2:31	The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
	Neh 7:12	The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
	Neh 7:34	The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

We have trespassed

	Jam 2:9	But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
	Exd 34:12	Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
	Neh 13:27	Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

yet now there is hope

	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Jer 3:12	Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever.
	Jer 3:13	Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
	1Jo 1:7	But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
	1Jo 1:8	If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
	1Jo 1:9	If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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