Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Ezra 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Mixed Marriages

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 -

Now when these things had been completed, the officials approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - “For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy [fn]line has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the officials and the leaders have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down [fn]appalled.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then everyone who was frightened by the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat [fn]appalled until the evening offering.

Prayer of Confession

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening offering I stood up from my [fn]humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD my God;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have [fn]risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - “Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and because of our wrongful deeds we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to [fn]open shame, as it is this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a [fn]peg in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not abandoned us, but has extended favor to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to erect the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 -

“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned Your commandments,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:11 - which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end, and with their impurity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have spared us by inflicting less than our wrongdoing deserves, and have given us such an escaped remnant as this,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples [fn]who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us [fn]to the point of destruction, until there would be no remnant nor any who would escape?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - “LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit seed
Or shattered
Or shattered
Or penitence
Lit palms
Lit increased over the head
Lit shame of faces
I.e., a foothold
Lit of these abominations
Lit to destroy
NASB20

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.