Ezra 9
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Ezra 9:8-15

8And nowH6258 for a littleH4592 momentH7281 grace hath beenH1961 showed from Jehovah our GodH430, to leaveH7604 us a remnantH7604 to escapeH6413, and to giveH5414 us a nail in his holyH6944 placeH4725, that our GodH430 may lighten our eyesH5869, and giveH5414 us a littleH4592 reviving in our bondage. 9For we are bondmen; yet our GodH430 hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extendedH5186 lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kingsH4428 of PersiaH6539, to giveH5414 us a reviving, to setH5414 up the houseH1004 of our GodH430, and to repair the ruinsH2723 thereof, and to giveH5414 us a wallH1447 in JudahH3063 and in JerusalemH3389. 10And nowH6258, O our GodH430, what shall we sayH559 after this? for we have forsaken thy commandmentsH4687, 11which thou hast commandedH6680 by thy servantsH5650 the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, The landH776, unto which ye goH935 to possessH3423 it, is an unclean landH776 through the uncleanness of the peoplesH5971 of the landsH776, through their abominationsH8441, which have filledH4390 it from one end to another with their filthiness: 12nowH6258 thereforeH6258 giveH5414 not your daughtersH1323 unto their sonsH1121, neither takeH5375 their daughtersH1323 unto your sonsH1121, nor seekH1875 their peaceH7965 or their prosperity for everH5769; that ye may be strongH2388, and eatH398 the goodH2896 of the landH776, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for everH5769. 13And after all that is comeH935 upon us for our evilH7451 deedsH4639, and for our greatH1419 guiltH5771, seeing that thou our GodH430 hast punished us less than our iniquitiesH5771 deserve, and hast givenH5414 us such a remnantH6413, 14shall we again breakH6565 thy commandmentsH4687, and join in affinity with the peoplesH5971 that do these abominationsH8441? wouldest not thou be angryH599 with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnantH7611, nor any to escapeH6413? 15O Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, thou art righteousH6662; for we are leftH7604 a remnantH7604 that is escapedH6413, as it is this dayH3117: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can standH5975 before thee because of this.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain