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Ezra 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Now when these things had been completed, the officials approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:2 - “For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy [fn]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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When 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 [fn]appalled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:4 - 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 [fn]appalled until the evening offering.

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But at the evening offering I stood up from my [fn]humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I bowed down on my knees and spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD my God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have [fn]risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - “Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and because of our wrongful deeds we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to [fn]open shame, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a [fn]peg in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not abandoned us, but has extended favor to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to erect the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned Your commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:11 - which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end, and with their impurity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have spared us by inflicting less than our wrongdoing deserves, and have given us such an escaped remnant as this,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples [fn]who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us [fn]to the point of destruction, until there would be no remnant nor any who would escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - “LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit seed
Or shattered
Or shattered
Or penitence
Lit palms
Lit increased over the head
Lit shame of faces
I.e., a foothold
Lit of these abominations
Lit to destroy
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Ezra Chapter 9 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras