Ezra 9:4

Ezra 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
• New International Version (NIV)Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away captive, and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.

Context of Ezra 9:4

2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” 3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering. 5At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God, 6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Ezra 9:4 word by word

וְאֵלַ֣י יֵאָסְפ֗וּ כֹּ֤ל חָרֵד֙ בְּדִבְרֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ל מַ֣עַל הַגּוֹלָ֑ה וַאֲנִי֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב מְשׁוֹמֵ֔ם עַ֖ד לְמִנְחַ֥ת הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

• Then everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• who trembledחָרֵדchârêd · tremblingH2730
• at the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• around meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• because ofעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the unfaithfulnessמַ֫עַלma‛al · unfaithfulnessH4604
• of the exilesגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• while Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• sat thereיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in horrorשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503

Cross-references for Ezra 9:4

• Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
• 2 Chronicles 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
• Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
• Exodus 29:39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
• Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
• Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Commentaries on Ezra 9:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Those that had been carried away - Those that had returned long before with Zerubbabel; see Ezra 9:1. Until the evening sacrifice - The morning sacrifice was the first of all the offerings of the day, the evening sacrifice the last. As the latter was offered between the two evenings, i.e., between sunset and the end of twilight, so the former was offered between break of day and sunrise. Ezra sat astonied - confounded in his mind, distressed in his soul…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The evening sacrifice took place around 3:00 in the afternoon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, &c.--All the pious people who reverenced God's word and dreaded its threatenings and judgments joined with Ezra in bewailing the public sin, and devising the means of redressing it. I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice--The intelligence of so gross a violation of God's law by those who had been carried into captivity on account of their sins, and who, though…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 9:4

• Repentance
• Sin

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Commentaries on Ezra 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings