New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezra 9:6-15

6and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have 1risen above our heads and our 2guilt has grown even to the heavens. 7 3Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to 4 5open shame, as it is this day. 8But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, 6to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a 7peg in His holy place, that our God may 8enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 9For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but 10has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

10“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments, 11which 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 11with their impurity. 12So now do not 12give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and 13never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and 14leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’ 13After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and 15our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us 16an escaped remnant as this, 14 17shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples 18who commit these abominations? 19Would You not be angry with us 20to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape? 15O Lord God of Israel, 21You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in 22our guilt, for 23no one can stand before You because of this.”

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Notes

1. Ezra 9:6 Lit multiplied over the head ↩
2. Ezra 9:6 2 Chr 28:9; Ezra 9:13, 15; Rev 18:5 ↩
3. Ezra 9:7 2 Chr 29:6; Ps 106:6 ↩
4. Ezra 9:7 Lit shame of faces ↩
5. Ezra 9:7 Dan 9:7 ↩
6. Ezra 9:8 Ezra 9:13-15 ↩
7. Ezra 9:8 Is 22:23 ↩
8. Ezra 9:8 Ps 13:3 ↩
9. Ezra 9:9 Neh 9:36 ↩
10. Ezra 9:9 Ezra 7:28 ↩
11. Ezra 9:11 Ezra 6:21 ↩
12. Ezra 9:12 Ex 34:15, 16; Deut 7:3; Ezra 9:2 ↩
13. Ezra 9:12 Deut 23:6 ↩
14. Ezra 9:12 Prov 13:22 ↩
15. Ezra 9:13 Ezra 9:6, 7 ↩
16. Ezra 9:13 Ezra 9:8 ↩
17. Ezra 9:14 Ezra 9:2 ↩
18. Ezra 9:14 Lit of these abominations ↩
19. Ezra 9:14 Deut 9:8, 14 ↩
20. Ezra 9:14 Lit to destroy ↩
21. Ezra 9:15 Neh 9:33; Dan 9:7 ↩
22. Ezra 9:15 Ezra 9:6 ↩
23. Ezra 9:15 Job 9:2; Ps 130:3 ↩

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