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

Mixed Marriages

Now when these^H428 things^H428 had been completed^H3615, the officials^H8269 approached^H5066 me, saying^H559, “The people^H5971 of Israel^H3478 and the priests^H3548 and the Levites^H3881 have not separated^H914 themselves from the peoples^H5971 of the lands^H776, as to their abominations^H8441, those of the Canaanites^H3669, the Hittites^H2850, the Perizzites^H6522, the Jebusites^H2983, the Ammonites^H5984, the Moabites^H4125, the Egyptians^H4713, and the Amorites^H567.

Ezr 9:2

Ezr 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.”

Ezr 9:3

Ezr 9:3When 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.

Ezr 9:4

Ezr 9:4Then 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.

Prayer of Confession

Ezr 9:5

But at the evening^H6153 offering^H4503 I stood^H6965 up^H6965 from my [fn]humiliation^H8589, even with my garment^H899 and my robe^H4598 torn^H7167, and I bowed^H3766 down^H3766 on my knees^H1290 and spread^H6566 out^H6566 my [fn]hands^H3709 to the LORD^H3068 my God^H430;

Ezr 9:6

Ezr 9:6and 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.

Ezr 9:7

Ezr 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.

Ezr 9:8

Ezr 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.

Ezr 9:9

Ezr 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.

Ezr 9:10

“And now^H6258, our God^H430, what^H4100 shall we say^H559 after^H310 this^H2088? For we have abandoned^H5800 Your commandments^H4687,

Ezr 9:11

Ezr 9:11which 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.

Ezr 9:12

Ezr 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.’

Ezr 9:13

Ezr 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,

Ezr 9:14

Ezr 9:14shall 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?

Ezr 9:15

Ezr 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

(9:7)

Lit shame of faces

(9:8)

I.e., a foothold

(9:14)

Lit of these abominations

(9:14)

Lit to destroy

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Mixed Marriages

Prayer of Confession

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