Text -- Ezra 9:5 (NET)

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ezr 9:5

¹ tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.