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Ezra 9:4-7

4Theneveryoneכֹּ֤לkolH3605who was frightenedחָרֵד֙cha.RedH2730by the wordsבְּדִבְרֵ֣יbe.div.ReiH1697of the Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478onH5921accountH5921ofH5921the unfaithfulnessמַ֣עַלMa.'alH4604of the exilesהַגּוֹלָ֑הha.go.LahH1473gatheredיֵאָסְפ֗וּye.'a.se.FuH622to me, and I satיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427appalledמְשׁוֹמֵ֔םme.sho.MemH8074untilעַ֖ד'adH5704the eveningהָעָֽרֶב׃ha.'A.revH6153offeringלְמִנְחַ֥תle.min.ChatH4503.

5But at the eveningהָעֶ֗רֶבha.'E.revH6153offeringוּבְמִנְחַ֣תu.ve.min.ChatH4503I stoodH6965upH6965from myhumiliationמִתַּֽעֲנִיתִ֔יmi.ta.'a.ni.TiH8589,even with my garmentבִגְדִ֖יvig.DiH899and my robeוּמְעִילִ֑יu.me.'i.LiH4598tornוּבְקָרְעִ֥יu.ve.ka.re.'IH7167,and I bowedH3766downוָֽאֶכְרְעָה֙va.'ekh.re.'AhH3766on my kneesבִּרְכַּ֔יbir.KaiH1290andspreadוָאֶפְרְשָׂ֥הva.'ef.re.SahH6566outH6566myhandsכַפַּ֖יkha.PaiH3709to the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068my Godאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430;

6and I saidוָאֹמְרָ֗הva.'o.me.RahH559, “My Godאֱלֹהַי֙'e.lo.HaiH430,I amH954ashamedבֹּ֣שְׁתִּיBo.she.tiH954and humiliatedוְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּיve.nikh.Lam.tiH3637to liftלְהָרִ֧יםle.ha.RimH7311upH7311my faceפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440to You, my Godאֱלֹהַ֛י'e.lo.HaiH430,for our wrongfulH5771deedsH5771haverisenרָבוּ֙ra.VuH7235aboveלְמַ֣עְלָהle.Ma'.lahH4605our headsרֹּ֔אשׁRoshH7218, and ourguiltוְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּve.'ash.ma.Te.nuH819has grownגָדְלָ֖הga.de.LahH1431evenעַ֥ד'adH5704to the heavensלַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃la.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

7SinceH4480the daysמִימֵ֣יmi.MeiH3117of our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1to thisהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117we have beenin greatגְדֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419guiltבְּאַשְׁמָ֣הbe.'ash.MahH819,and because of our wrongfulH5771deedsH5771we, our kingsמְלָכֵ֨ינוּme.la.Khei.nuH4428, andour priestsכֹהֲנֵ֜ינוּkho.ha.Nei.nuH3548have been handedבְּיַ֣ד׀be.YadH5414 H3027overH5414to the kingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of the landsהָאֲרָצ֗וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776,to the swordבַּחֶ֜רֶבba.Che.revH2719,to captivityבַּשְּׁבִ֧יba.she.ViH7628,to plunderוּבַבִּזָּ֛הu.vab.bi.ZahH961, and toopenפָּנִ֖יםpa.NimH6440shameוּבְבֹ֥שֶׁתu.ve.Vo.shetH1322, as it isthisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088dayכְּהַיּ֥וֹםke.hai.YomH3117.

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