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

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Mixed Marriages

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 -

Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed H3615, the officials H8269 approached H5066 me, saying H559, “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, as to their abominations H8441, those of the Canaanites H3669, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Jebusites H2983, the Ammonites H5984, the Moabites H4125, the Egyptians H4713, and the Amorites H567.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - “For they have taken H5375 some H4480 of their daughters H1323 as wives for themselves and for their sons H1121, so that the holy H6944 [fn]line H2233 has intermingled H6148 with the peoples H5971 of the lands H776; indeed, the hands H3027 of the officials H8269 and the leaders H5461 have taken H1961 the lead H7223 in this H2088 unfaithfulness H4604.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard H8085 about this H2088 matter H1697, I tore H7167 my garment H899 and my robe H4598, and pulled H4803 out H4803 some H4480 of the hair H8181 from my head H7218 and my beard H2206, and sat H3427 down H3427 [fn]appalled H8074.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - Then everyone H3605 who was frightened H2730 by the words H1697 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 the unfaithfulness H4604 of the exiles H1473 gathered H622 to me, and I sat H3427 [fn]appalled H8074 until H5704 the evening H6153 offering H4503.

Prayer of Confession

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:5 -

But at the evening H6153 offering H4503 I stood H6965 up H6965 from my [fn]humiliation H8589, even with my garment H899 and my robe H4598 torn H7167, and I bowed H3766 down H3766 on my knees H1290 and spread H6566 out H6566 my [fn]hands H3709 to the LORD H3068 my God H430;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said H559, “My God H430, I am H954 ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 to lift H7311 up H7311 my face H6440 to You, my God H430, for our wrongful H5771 deeds H5771 have [fn]risen H7235 above H4605 our heads H7218, and our guilt H819 has grown H1431 even H5704 to the heavens H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - “Since H4480 the days H3117 of our fathers H1 to this H2088 day H3117 we have been in great H1419 guilt H819, and because of our wrongful H5771 deeds H5771 we, our kings H4428, and our priests H3548 have been handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the kings H4428 of the lands H776, to the sword H2719, to captivity H7628, to plunder H961, and to [fn]open H6440 shame H1322, as it is this H2088 day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now H6258 for a brief H4592 moment H7281 grace H8467 has been H1961 shown from the LORD H3068 our God H430, to leave H7604 us an escaped H6413 remnant H6413 and to give H5414 us a [fn]peg H3489 in His holy H6944 place H4725, so that our God H430 may enlighten H215 our eyes H5869 and grant H5414 us a little H4592 reviving H4241 in our bondage H5659.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves H5650; yet in our bondage H5659 our God H430 has not abandoned H5800 us, but has extended H5186 favor H2617 to us in the sight H6440 of the kings H4428 of Persia H6539, to give H5414 us reviving H4241 to erect H7311 the house H1004 of our God H430, to restore H5975 its ruins H2723, and to give H5414 us a wall H1447 in Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 -

“And now H6258, our God H430, what H4100 shall we say H559 after H310 this H2088? For we have abandoned H5800 Your commandments H4687,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:11 - which H834 You have commanded H6680 by Your servants H5650 the prophets H5030, saying H559, ‘The land H776 which H834 you are entering H935 to possess H3423 is an unclean H5079 land H776 with the uncleanness H5079 of the peoples H5971 of the lands H776, with their abominations H8441 which H834 have filled H4390 it from end H6310 to end H6310, and with their impurity H2932.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘So now H6258 do not give H5414 your daughters H1323 to their sons H1121 nor H408 take H5375 their daughters H1323 for your sons H1121, and never H3808 seek H1875 their peace H7965 or their prosperity H2896, so H4616 that H4616 you may be strong H2388 and may eat H398 the good H2898 things of the land H776, and leave H3423 it as H3423 an H3423 inheritance H3423 to your sons H1121 forever H5704 H5769.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “And after H310 everything H3605 that has come H935 upon us for our evil H7451 deeds H4639 and our great H1419 guilt H819, since H3588 You our God H430 have spared H2820 us by inflicting less H4295 than H4480 our wrongdoing H5771 deserves, and have given H5414 us such an escaped H6413 remnant H6413 as this H2088,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again H7725 break H6565 Your commandments H4687 and intermarry H2859 with the peoples H5971 [fn]who commit these H428 abominations H8441? Would You not be angry H599 with us [fn]to H5704 the H5704 point H5704 of destruction H3615, until H5704 there H369 would H369 be H369 no H369 remnant H7611 nor H369 any who would escape H6413?
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - “LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478, You are righteous H6662, for we have been left H7604 an escaped H6413 remnant H6413, as it is this H2088 day H3117; behold H2009, we are before H6440 You in our guilt H819, for no H369 one H369 can stand H5975 before H6440 You because H5921 of this H2088.”
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
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