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 to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their shalom or their welfare, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’ 13“After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt—for You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and given us a remnant such as this— shall we once again break Your mitzvot and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable actions as these? Would You not be angry enough with us to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor? 15Adonai, God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left this day as a remnant. Behold, here we are before You in our guilt; because of it no one can 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 5:14Afterwards, Yeshua finds him in the Temple. He said to him, “Look, you’ve been healed! Stop sinning, so nothing worse happens to you.”
• Romans 6:1What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound?
• 2 Peter 2:20For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront in this unfaithful act.”
• Exodus 23:32Make no covenant with them or with their gods.
• Judges 2:2Now as for you, you must make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You must break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to My voice. What is this you have done?
• Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
• Exodus 32:10Now therefore, leave Me alone, so My wrath may burn hot against them, and so I may consume them—and make from you a great nation!”
• Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from among this assembly, so that I may consume them at once!”
• Deuteronomy 9:8At Horeb you provoked Adonai to wrath, and Adonai was angry with you—enough to destroy you.
• Ezra 9:8“But now for a brief moment Adonai our God has shown us favor in leaving us a remnant and giving us as a peg in His holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our bondage.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, ‘I will hack them to pieces, make the memory of them cease from mankind,’
• Isaiah 1:9Unless Adonai-Tzva’ot had left us a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, we would have been as Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 46:28Fear not, Jacob My servant” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you. I will discipline you with justice, but will not utterly destroy you.”
• Ezekiel 6:8“Yet I will leave a remnant, some that escape the sword among the nations, when you have been scattered through the countries.

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