Ezra 9:14

Ezra 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
• New International Version (NIV)Shall we then break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable practices? Would you not be angry enough with us to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor?
• English Standard Version (ESV)shall we break your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
• New King James Version (NKJV)should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor?

Context of Ezra 9:14

12Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’ 13“Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant? 15O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you.”

Ezra 9:14 word by word

הֲנָשׁוּב֙ לְהָפֵ֣ר מִצְוֹתֶ֔יךָ וּ֨לְהִתְחַתֵּ֔ן בְּעַמֵּ֥י הַתֹּעֵב֖וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲל֤וֹא תֶֽאֱנַף־בָּ֙נוּ֙ עַד־כַּלֵּ֔ה לְאֵ֥ין שְׁאֵרִ֖ית וּפְלֵיטָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Should we againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• thy commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• and join in affinityחָתַןchâthan · make oneself a daughter’s husbandH2859
• with the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of these abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• wouldest not thou be angryאָנַף'ânaph · be angryH599
• with us till thou hadst consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• no remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• nor escapingפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413

Cross-references for Ezra 9:14

• John 5:14After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Don’t sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you.”
• Romans 6:1What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?
• 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
• Ezra 9:2Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”
• Exodus 23:32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.
• Judges 2:2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?
• Nehemiah 13:23Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Exodus 32:10So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
• Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
• Deuteronomy 9:8At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
• Ezra 9:8“But now briefly we have received mercy from the Lord our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude.
• Deuteronomy 32:26“I said, ‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.
• Isaiah 1:9If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 46:28I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
• Ezekiel 6:8“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

Commentaries on Ezra 9:14

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a penitent confession of sin, the sin of his people. But let this be the comfort of true penitents, that though their sins reach to the heavens, God's mercy is in the heavens. Ezra, speaking of sin, speaks as one much ashamed. Holy shame is as necessary in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out?: The sin of marrying non-believers was so serious that they had no hope of survival if they did not repent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-155-15. I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure. God had begun to show returning favor to Israel by the restoration of some. But this only aggravated…Read the comment

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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