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 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.” 3When I heard this report, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair from my head and from my beard. Then I sat down devastated. Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered themselves around me because of the unfaithful act of the exiles. Devastated, I sat there until the evening offering. 5At the time of the evening offering, I rose up from my self-abasement with my garment and robe torn, then I bowed down on my knees and spread out my hands to Adonai my God. 6I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God! For our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then were assembledאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• unto me every one that trembledחָרֵדchârêd · tremblingH2730
• at the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• because of the transgressionמַ֫עַלma‛al · unfaithfulnessH4604
• of those that had been carried awayגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• and I satיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• astoniedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
• until the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• sacrificeמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503

Cross-references for Ezra 9:4

• Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Torah.
• 2 Chronicles 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against the inhabitants , and you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes, and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ says Adonai.
• Psalms 119:136Streams of water run down from my eyes, because they do not observe Your Torah.
• Isaiah 66:2For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai. “But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”
• Ezekiel 9:4Adonai said to him, “Go throughout the city, through the midst of Jerusalem. Make a mark on the foreheads of the people who sigh and moan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”
• Exodus 29:39You are to offer one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at dusk.
• Daniel 9:21yes, while I was praying, Gabriel, the one I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me swiftly about the time of the evening offering.
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the time 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

In the dictionaries

• God
• Israel
• Chief
• Escaping
• Join
• Mingle
• Captivity
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Proselyte

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