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

2For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy 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.” 3When 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 appalled. 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 appalled until the evening offering. 5But at the evening offering I stood up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God; 6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to 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

• everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• by the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the unfaithfulnessמַ֫עַלma‛al · unfaithfulnessH4604
• of the exilesגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• to me, and I satיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• appalledשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503

Cross-references for Ezra 9:4

• Ezra 10:3So now let’s make a covenant with our God to send away all the wives and their children, following the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the Law.
• 2 Chronicles 34:27“Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes, and wept before Me, I have indeed heard you,” declares the Lord.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your Law.
• Isaiah 66:2For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.
• Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
• Exodus 29:39The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;
• Daniel 9:21while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

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