Ezr 9:1-7 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 9:1-7 (NET)

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A Prayer of Ezra

9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!” 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated. 9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering. 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. 9:6 I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens. 9:7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment– right up to the present time.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon

· Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

· Canaanites the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· Egyptians descendants of Mizraim

· Hittite a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jebusite resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem)

· Levites relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred

· Moabite a female descendant of Moab

· Perizzite a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ezr 9:1 Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.

NET Notes: Ezr 9:2 Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.

NET Notes: Ezr 9:4 Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Ezr 9:5 The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.

NET Notes: Ezr 9:6 Heb “I said.”

NET Notes: Ezr 9:7 Heb “the kings of the lands.”

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