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Ezra 7:1--10:44

7:1

Now after
<0310>

these things
<01697>_,

in the reign
<04438>

of Artaxerxes
<0783>

king
<04428>

of Persia
<06539>_,

Ezra
<05830>

the son
<01121>

of Seraiah
<08304>_,

the son
<01121>

of Azariah
<05838>_,

the son
<01121>

of Hilkiah
<02518>_,

7:2

The son
<01121>

of Shallum
<07967>_,

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_,

the son
<01121>

of Ahitub
<0285>_,

7:3

The son
<01121>

of Amariah
<0568>_,

the son
<01121>

of Azariah
<05838>_,

the son
<01121>

of Meraioth
<04812>_,

7:4

The son
<01121>

of Zerahiah
<02228>_,

the son
<01121>

of Uzzi
<05813>_,

the son
<01121>

of Bukki
<01231>_,

7:5

The son
<01121>

of Abishua
<050>_,

the son
<01121>

of Phinehas
<06372>_,

the son
<01121>

of Eleazar
<0499>_,

the son
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>

the chief
<07218>

priest
<03548>_:

7:6

This Ezra
<05830>

went up
<05927> (8804)

from Babylon
<0894>_;

and he [was] a ready
<04106>

scribe
<05608> (8802)

in the law
<08451>

of Moses
<04872>_,

which the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

had given
<05414> (8804)_:

and the king
<04428>

granted
<05414> (8799)

him all his request
<01246>_,

according to the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>

upon him.

7:7

And there went up
<05927> (8799)

[some] of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and of the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and the singers
<07891> (8789)_,

and the porters
<07778>_,

and the Nethinims
<05411>_,

unto Jerusalem
<03389>_,

in the seventh
<07651>

year
<08141>

of Artaxerxes
<0783>

the king
<04428>_.

7:8

And he came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

in the fifth
<02549>

month
<02320>_,

which [was] in the seventh
<07637>

year
<08141>

of the king
<04428>_.

7:9

For upon the first
<0259>

[day] of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>

began
<03246>

he to go up
<04609>

from Babylon
<0894>_,

and on the first
<0259>

[day] of the fifth
<02549>

month
<02320>

came
<0935> (8804)

he to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

according to the good
<02896>

hand
<03027>

of his God
<0430>

upon him. {began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up}

7:10

For Ezra
<05830>

had prepared
<03559> (8689)

his heart
<03824>

to seek
<01875> (8800)

the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and to do
<06213> (8800)

[it], and to teach
<03925> (8763)

in Israel
<03478>

statutes
<02706>

and judgments
<04941>_.

7:11

Now this [is] the copy
<06572>

of the letter
<05406>

that the king
<04428>

Artaxerxes
<0783>

gave
<05414> (8804)

unto Ezra
<05830>

the priest
<03548>_,

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

[even] a scribe
<05608> (8802)

of the words
<01697>

of the commandments
<04687>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and of his statutes
<02706>

to Israel
<03478>_.

7:12

Artaxerxes
<0783>_,

king
<04430>

of kings
<04430>_,

unto Ezra
<05831>

the priest
<03549>_,

a scribe
<05613>

of the law
<01882>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

perfect
<01585> (8752)

[peace], and at such a time
<03706>_.

{unto...: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc}

7:13

I
<04481>

make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>_,

that all
<03606>

they of
<04481>

the people
<05972>

of Israel
<03479>_,

and [of] his priests
<03549>

and Levites
<03879>_,

in my realm
<04437>_,

which are minded of their own freewill
<05069> (8723)

to go up
<01946> (8749)

to Jerusalem
<03390>_,

go
<01946> (8748)

with thee
<05974>_.

7:14

Forasmuch
<01768> <06903>

as
<03606>

thou art sent
<07972> (8750)

of
<04481> <06925>

the king
<04430>_,

and of his seven
<07655>

counsellors
<03272> (8750)_,

to enquire
<01240> (8742)

concerning
<05922>

Judah
<03061>

and Jerusalem
<03390>_,

according to the law
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>

which [is] in thine hand
<03028>_;

{of the king: Chaldee, from before the king}

7:15

And to carry
<02987> (8682)

the silver
<03702>

and gold
<01722>_,

which the king
<04430>

and his counsellors
<03272> (8750)

have freely offered
<05069> (8724)

unto the God
<0426>

of Israel
<03479>_,

whose
<01768>

habitation
<04907>

[is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_,

7:16

And all
<03606>

the silver
<03702>

and gold
<01722>

that thou canst find
<07912> (8681)

in all
<03606>

the province
<04083>

of Babylon
<0895>_,

with
<05974>

the freewill offering
<05069> (8722)

of the people
<05972>_,

and of the priests
<03549>_,

offering willingly
<05069> (8723)

for the house
<01005>

of their God
<0426>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_:

7:17

That
<03606> <06903>

thou mayest buy
<07066> (8748)

speedily
<0629>

with this
<01836>

money
<03702>

bullocks
<08450>_,

rams
<01798>_,

lambs
<0563>_,

with their meat offerings
<04504>

and their drink offerings
<05261>_,

and offer
<07127> (8741)

them
<01994>

upon
<05922>

the altar
<04056>

of the house
<01005>

of your God
<0426>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_.

7:18

And whatsoever
<04101> <01768>

shall seem good
<03191> (8748)

to thee, and to
<05922>

thy brethren
<0252>_,

to do
<05648> (8749)

with the rest
<07606>

of the silver
<03702>

and the gold
<01722>_,

that do
<05648> (8748)

after the will
<07470>

of your God
<0426>_.

7:19

The vessels
<03984>

also that are given
<03052> (8727)

thee for the service
<06402>

of the house
<01005>

of thy God
<0426>_,

[those] deliver
<08000> (8680)

thou before
<06925>

the God
<0426>

of Jerusalem
<03390>_.

7:20

And whatsoever more
<07606>

shall be needful
<02819>

for the house
<01005>

of thy God
<0426>_,

which thou shalt have occasion
<05308> (8748)

to bestow
<05415> (8749)_,

bestow
<05415> (8748)

[it] out of
<04481>

the king's
<04430>

treasure
<01596>

house
<01005>_.

7:21

And I
<04481>_,

[even] I
<0576>

Artaxerxes
<0783>

the king
<04430>_,

do make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>

to all
<03606>

the treasurers
<01490>

which [are] beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

that whatsoever Ezra
<05831>

the priest
<03549>_,

the scribe
<05613>

of the law
<01882>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

shall require
<07593> (8748)

of you, it be done
<05648> (8725)

speedily
<0629>_,

7:22

Unto
<05705>

an hundred
<03969>

talents
<03604>

of silver
<03702>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

measures
<03734>

of wheat
<02591>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

baths
<01325>

of wine
<02562>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

baths
<01325>

of oil
<04887>_,

and salt
<04416>

without
<03809>

prescribing
<03792>

[how much]. {measures: Chaldee, cors}

7:23

Whatsoever
<03606>

is commanded by
<02941> <04481>

the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

let it be diligently
<0149>

done
<05648> (8725)

for the house
<01005>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_:

for
<01768>

why
<04101>

should there be
<01934> (8748)

wrath
<07109>

against
<05922>

the realm
<04437>

of the king
<04430>

and his sons
<01123>_?

{Whatsoever...: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree}

7:24

Also we certify
<03046> (8683)

you, that touching any
<03606>

of the priests
<03549>

and Levites
<03879>_,

singers
<02171>_,

porters
<08652>_,

Nethinims
<05412>_,

or ministers
<06399> (8750)

of this
<01836>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>_,

it shall not
<03809>

be lawful
<07990>

to impose
<07412> (8749)

toll
<04061>_,

tribute
<01093>_,

or custom
<01983>_,

upon
<05922>

them.

7:25

And thou
<0607>_,

Ezra
<05831>_,

after the wisdom
<02452>

of thy God
<0426>_,

that [is] in thine hand
<03028>_,

set
<04483> (8740)

magistrates
<08200> (8751)

and judges
<01782>_,

which may judge
<01934> (8748) <01778> (8751)

all
<03606>

the people
<05972>

that [are] beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

all
<03606>

such as know
<03046> (8751)

the laws
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>_;

and teach
<03046> (8681)

ye them that know
<03046> (8751)

[them] not
<03809>_.

7:26

And whosoever
<03606>

will not
<03809>

do
<01934> (8748) <05648> (8751)

the law
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>_,

and the law
<01882>

of the king
<04430>_,

let judgment
<01780>

be
<01934> (8748)

executed
<05648> (8727)

speedily
<0629>

upon him
<04481>_,

whether
<02006>

[it be] unto death
<04193>_,

or
<02006>

to banishment
<08332>_,

or
<02006>

to confiscation
<06065>

of goods
<05232>_,

or to imprisonment
<0613>_.

{to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out}

7:27

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of our fathers
<01>_,

which hath put
<05414> (8804)

[such a thing] as this in the king's
<04428>

heart
<03820>_,

to beautify
<06286> (8763)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

7:28

And hath extended
<05186> (8689)

mercy
<02617>

unto me before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

and his counsellors
<03289> (8802)_,

and before all the king's
<04428>

mighty
<01368>

princes
<08269>_.

And I was strengthened
<02388> (8694)

as the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>

[was] upon me, and I gathered together
<06908> (8799)

out of Israel
<03478>

chief men
<07218>

to go up
<05927> (8800)

with me.

8:1

These [are] now the chief
<07218>

of their fathers
<01>_,

and [this is] the genealogy
<03187> (8692)

of them that went up
<05927> (8802)

with me from Babylon
<0894>_,

in the reign
<04438>

of Artaxerxes
<0783>

the king
<04428>_.

8:2

Of the sons
<01121>

of Phinehas
<06372>_;

Gershom
<01647>_:

of the sons
<01121>

of Ithamar
<0385>_;

Daniel
<01840>_:

of the sons
<01121>

of David
<01732>_;

Hattush
<02407>_.

8:3

Of the sons
<01121>

of Shechaniah
<07935>_,

of the sons
<01121>

of Pharosh
<06551>_;

Zechariah
<02148>_:

and with him were reckoned by genealogy
<03187> (8692)

of the males
<02145>

an hundred
<03967>

and fifty
<02572>_.

8:4

Of the sons
<01121>

of Pahathmoab
<06355>_;

Elihoenai
<0454>

the son
<01121>

of Zerahiah
<02228>_,

and with him two hundred
<03967>

males
<02145>_.

8:5

Of the sons
<01121>

of Shechaniah
<07935>_;

the son
<01121>

of Jahaziel
<03166>_,

and with him three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

males
<02145>_.

8:6

Of the sons
<01121>

also of Adin
<05720>_;

Ebed
<05651>

the son
<01121>

of Jonathan
<03129>_,

and with him fifty
<02572>

males
<02145>_.

8:7

And of the sons
<01121>

of Elam
<05867>_;

Jeshaiah
<03470>

the son
<01121>

of Athaliah
<06271>_,

and with him seventy
<07657>

males
<02145>_.

8:8

And of the sons
<01121>

of Shephatiah
<08203>_;

Zebadiah
<02069>

the son
<01121>

of Michael
<04317>_,

and with him fourscore
<08084>

males
<02145>_.

8:9

Of the sons
<01121>

of Joab
<03097>_;

Obadiah
<05662>

the son
<01121>

of Jehiel
<03171>_,

and with him two hundred
<03967>

and eighteen
<08083> <06240>

males
<02145>_.

8:10

And of the sons
<01121>

of Shelomith
<08019>_;

the son
<01121>

of Josiphiah
<03131>_,

and with him an hundred
<03967>

and threescore
<08346>

males
<02145>_.

8:11

And of the sons
<01121>

of Bebai
<0893>_;

Zechariah
<02148>

the son
<01121>

of Bebai
<0893>_,

and with him twenty
<06242>

and eight
<08083>

males
<02145>_.

8:12

And of the sons
<01121>

of Azgad
<05803>_;

Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Hakkatan
<06997>_,

and with him an hundred
<03967>

and ten
<06235>

males
<02145>_.

{the son...: or, the youngest son}

8:13

And of the last
<0314>

sons
<01121>

of Adonikam
<0140>_,

whose names
<08034>

[are] these, Eliphelet
<0467>_,

Jeiel
<03273>_,

and Shemaiah
<08098>_,

and with them threescore
<08346>

males
<02145>_.

8:14

Of the sons
<01121>

also of Bigvai
<0902>_;

Uthai
<05793>_,

and Zabbud
<02072> (8675) <02139>_,

and with them seventy
<07657>

males
<02145>_.

{Zabbud: or, Zaccur, as some read}

8:15

And I gathered them together
<06908> (8799)

to the river
<05104>

that runneth
<0935> (8802)

to Ahava
<0163>_;

and there abode we in tents
<02583> (8799)

three
<07969>

days
<03117>_:

and I viewed
<0995> (8799)

the people
<05971>_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and found
<04672> (8804)

there none of the sons
<01121>

of Levi
<03878>_.

{abode: or, pitched}

8:16

Then sent
<07971> (8799)

I for Eliezer
<0461>_,

for Ariel
<0740>_,

for Shemaiah
<08098>_,

and for Elnathan
<0494>_,

and for Jarib
<03402>_,

and for Elnathan
<0494>_,

and for Nathan
<05416>_,

and for Zechariah
<02148>_,

and for Meshullam
<04918>_,

chief men
<07218>_;

also for Joiarib
<03114>_,

and for Elnathan
<0494>_,

men of understanding
<0995> (8688)_.

8:17

And I sent
<06680> (8762)

them with commandment
<03318> (8686)

unto Iddo
<0112>

the chief
<07218>

at the place
<04725>

Casiphia
<03703>_,

and I told
<07760> (8799) <06310>

them what
<01697>

they should say
<01696> (8763)

unto Iddo
<0112>_,

[and] to his brethren
<0251>

the Nethinims
<05411> (8675) <05411>_,

at the place
<04725>

Casiphia
<03703>_,

that they should bring
<0935> (8687)

unto us ministers
<08334> (8764)

for the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>_.

{I told...: Heb. I put words in their mouth}

8:18

And by the good
<02896>

hand
<03027>

of our God
<0430>

upon us they brought
<0935> (8686)

us a man
<0376>

of understanding
<07922>_,

of the sons
<01121>

of Mahli
<04249>_,

the son
<01121>

of Levi
<03878>_,

the son
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_;

and Sherebiah
<08274>_,

with his sons
<01121>

and his brethren
<0251>_,

eighteen
<08083> <06240>_;

8:19

And Hashabiah
<02811>_,

and with him Jeshaiah
<03470>

of the sons
<01121>

of Merari
<04847>_,

his brethren
<0251>

and their sons
<01121>_,

twenty
<06242>_;

8:20

Also of the Nethinims
<05411>_,

whom David
<01732>

and the princes
<08269>

had appointed
<05414> (8804)

for the service
<05656>

of the Levites
<03881>_,

two hundred
<03967>

and twenty
<06242>

Nethinims
<05411>_:

all of them were expressed
<05344> (8738)

by name
<08034>_.

8:21

Then I proclaimed
<07121> (8799)

a fast
<06685>

there, at the river
<05104>

of Ahava
<0163>_,

that we might afflict
<06031> (8692)

ourselves before
<06440>

our God
<0430>_,

to seek
<01245> (8763)

of him a right
<03477>

way
<01870>

for us, and for our little ones
<02945>_,

and for all our substance
<07399>_.

8:22

For I was ashamed
<0954> (8804)

to require
<07592> (8800)

of the king
<04428>

a band of soldiers
<02428>

and horsemen
<06571>

to help
<05826> (8800)

us against the enemy
<0341> (8802)

in the way
<01870>_:

because we had spoken
<0559> (8804)

unto the king
<04428>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The hand
<03027>

of our God
<0430>

[is] upon all them for good
<02896>

that seek
<01245> (8764)

him; but his power
<05797>

and his wrath
<0639>

[is] against all them that forsake
<05800> (8802)

him.

8:23

So we fasted
<06684> (8799)

and besought
<01245> (8762)

our God
<0430>

for this: and he was intreated
<06279> (8735)

of us.

8:24

Then I separated
<0914> (8686)

twelve
<08147> <06240>

of the chief
<08269>

of the priests
<03548>_,

Sherebiah
<08274>_,

Hashabiah
<02811>_,

and ten
<06235>

of their brethren
<0251>

with them,

8:25

And weighed
<08254> (8799)

unto them the silver
<03701>_,

and the gold
<02091>_,

and the vessels
<03627>_,

[even] the offering
<08641>

of the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>_,

which the king
<04428>_,

and his counsellors
<03289> (8802)_,

and his lords
<08269>_,

and all Israel
<03478>

[there] present
<04672> (8737)_,

had offered
<07311> (8689)_:

8:26

I even weighed
<08254> (8799)

unto their hand
<03027>

six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

and fifty
<02572>

talents
<03603>

of silver
<03701>_,

and silver
<03701>

vessels
<03627>

an hundred
<03967>

talents
<03603>_,

[and] of gold
<02091>

an hundred
<03967>

talents
<03603>_;

8:27

Also twenty
<06242>

basons
<03713>

of gold
<02091>_,

of a thousand
<0505>

drams
<0150>_;

and two
<08147>

vessels
<03627>

of fine
<02896> <06668> (8716)

copper
<05178>_,

precious
<02532>

as gold
<02091>_.

{fine...: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass} {precious: Heb. desirable}

8:28

And I said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Ye [are] holy
<06944>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

the vessels
<03627>

[are] holy
<06944>

also; and the silver
<03701>

and the gold
<02091>

[are] a freewill offering
<05071>

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of your fathers
<01>_.

8:29

Watch
<08245> (8798)

ye, and keep
<08104> (8798)

[them], until ye weigh
<08254> (8799)

[them] before
<06440>

the chief
<08269>

of the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and chief
<08269>

of the fathers
<01>

of Israel
<03478>_,

at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

in the chambers
<03957>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

8:30

So took
<06901> (8765)

the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>

the weight
<04948>

of the silver
<03701>_,

and the gold
<02091>_,

and the vessels
<03627>_,

to bring
<0935> (8687)

[them] to Jerusalem
<03389>

unto the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>_.

8:31

Then we departed
<05265> (8799)

from the river
<05104>

of Ahava
<0163>

on the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

[day] of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_,

to go
<03212> (8800)

unto Jerusalem
<03389>_:

and the hand
<03027>

of our God
<0430>

was upon us, and he delivered
<05337> (8686)

us from the hand
<03709>

of the enemy
<0341> (8802)_,

and of such as lay in wait
<0693> (8802)

by the way
<01870>_.

8:32

And we came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and abode
<03427> (8799)

there three
<07969>

days
<03117>_.

8:33

Now on the fourth
<07243>

day
<03117>

was the silver
<03701>

and the gold
<02091>

and the vessels
<03627>

weighed
<08254> (8738)

in the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>

by the hand
<03027>

of Meremoth
<04822>

the son
<01121>

of Uriah
<0223>

the priest
<03548>_;

and with him [was] Eleazar
<0499>

the son
<01121>

of Phinehas
<06372>_;

and with them [was] Jozabad
<03107>

the son
<01121>

of Jeshua
<03442>_,

and Noadiah
<05129>

the son
<01121>

of Binnui
<01131>_,

Levites
<03881>_;

8:34

By number
<04557>

[and] by weight
<04948>

of every one: and all the weight
<04948>

was written
<03789> (8735)

at that time
<06256>_.

8:35

[Also] the children
<01121>

of those that had been carried away
<01473>_,

which were come out
<0935> (8802)

of the captivity
<07628>_,

offered
<07126> (8689)

burnt offerings
<05930>

unto the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

twelve
<08147> <06240>

bullocks
<06499>

for all Israel
<03478>_,

ninety
<08673>

and six
<08337>

rams
<0352>_,

seventy
<07657>

and seven
<07651>

lambs
<03532>_,

twelve
<08147> <06240>

he goats
<06842>

[for] a sin offering
<02403>_:

all [this was] a burnt offering
<05930>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

8:36

And they delivered
<05414> (8799)

the king's
<04428>

commissions
<01881>

unto the king's
<04428>

lieutenants
<0323>_,

and to the governors
<06346>

on this side
<05676>

the river
<05104>_:

and they furthered
<05375> (8765)

the people
<05971>_,

and the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_.

9:1

Now when these things were done
<03615> (8763)_,

the princes
<08269>

came
<05066> (8738)

to me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The people
<05971>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

have not separated
<0914> (8738)

themselves from the people
<05971>

of the lands
<0776>_,

[doing] according to their abominations
<08441>_,

[even] of the Canaanites
<03669>_,

the Hittites
<02850>_,

the Perizzites
<06522>_,

the Jebusites
<02983>_,

the Ammonites
<05984>_,

the Moabites
<04125>_,

the Egyptians
<04713>_,

and the Amorites
<0567>_.

9:2

For they have taken
<05375> (8804)

of their daughters
<01323>

for themselves, and for their sons
<01121>_:

so that the holy
<06944>

seed
<02233>

have mingled
<06148> (8694)

themselves with the people
<05971>

of [those] lands
<0776>_:

yea, the hand
<03027>

of the princes
<08269>

and rulers
<05461>

hath been chief
<07223>

in this trespass
<04604>_.

9:3

And when I heard
<08085> (8800)

this thing
<01697>_,

I rent
<07167> (8804)

my garment
<0899>

and my mantle
<04598>_,

and plucked off
<04803> (8799)

the hair
<08181>

of my head
<07218>

and of my beard
<02206>_,

and sat down
<03427> (8799)

astonied
<08074> (8789)_.

9:4

Then were assembled
<0622> (8735)

unto me every one that trembled
<02730>

at the words
<01697>

of the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

because of the transgression
<04604>

of those that had been carried away
<01473>_;

and I sat
<03427> (8802)

astonied
<08074> (8789)

until the evening
<06153>

sacrifice
<04503>_.

9:5

And at the evening
<06153>

sacrifice
<04503>

I arose up
<06965> (8804)

from my heaviness
<08589>_;

and having rent
<07167> (8800)

my garment
<0899>

and my mantle
<04598>_,

I fell
<03766> (8799)

upon my knees
<01290>_,

and spread out
<06566> (8799)

my hands
<03709>

unto the LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

{heaviness: or, affliction}

9:6

And said
<0559> (8799)_,

O my God
<0430>_,

I am ashamed
<0954> (8804)

and blush
<03637> (8738)

to lift up
<07311> (8687)

my face
<06440>

to thee, my God
<0430>_:

for our iniquities
<05771>

are increased
<07235> (8804)

over
<04605>

[our] head
<07218>_,

and our trespass
<0819>

is grown up
<01431> (8804)

unto the heavens
<08064>_.

{trespass: or, guiltiness}

9:7

Since the days
<03117>

of our fathers
<01>

[have] we [been] in a great
<01419>

trespass
<0819>

unto this day
<03117>_;

and for our iniquities
<05771>

have we, our kings
<04428>_,

[and] our priests
<03548>_,

been delivered
<05414> (8738)

into the hand
<03027>

of the kings
<04428>

of the lands
<0776>_,

to the sword
<02719>_,

to captivity
<07628>_,

and to a spoil
<0961>_,

and to confusion
<01322>

of face
<06440>_,

as [it is] this day
<03117>_.

9:8

And now for a little
<04592>

space
<07281>

grace
<08467>

hath been [shewed] from the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_,

to leave
<07604> (8687)

us a remnant to escape
<06413>_,

and to give
<05414> (8800)

us a nail
<03489>

in his holy
<06944>

place
<04725>_,

that our God
<0430>

may lighten
<0215> (8687)

our eyes
<05869>_,

and give
<05414> (8800)

us a little
<04592>

reviving
<04241>

in our bondage
<05659>_.

{space: Heb. moment} {a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode}

9:9

For we [were] bondmen
<05650>_;

yet our God
<0430>

hath not forsaken
<05800> (8804)

us in our bondage
<05659>_,

but hath extended
<05186> (8686)

mercy
<02617>

unto us in the sight
<06440>

of the kings
<04428>

of Persia
<06539>_,

to give
<05414> (8800)

us a reviving
<04241>_,

to set up
<07311> (8788)

the house
<01004>

of our God
<0430>_,

and to repair
<05975> (8687)

the desolations
<02723>

thereof, and to give
<05414> (8800)

us a wall
<01447>

in Judah
<03063>

and in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{to repair: Heb. to set up}

9:10

And now, O our God
<0430>_,

what shall we say
<0559> (8799)

after
<0310>

this? for we have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

thy commandments
<04687>_,

9:11

Which thou hast commanded
<06680> (8765)

by
<03027>

thy servants
<05650>

the prophets
<05030>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The land
<0776>_,

unto which ye go
<0935> (8802)

to possess
<03423> (8800)

it, is an unclean
<05079>

land
<0776>

with the filthiness
<05079>

of the people
<05971>

of the lands
<0776>_,

with their abominations
<08441>_,

which have filled
<04390> (8765)

it from one end
<06310>

to another
<06310>

with their uncleanness
<02932>_.

{by: Heb. by the hand of} {from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth}

9:12

Now therefore give
<05414> (8799)

not your daughters
<01323>

unto their sons
<01121>_,

neither take
<05375> (8799)

their daughters
<01323>

unto your sons
<01121>_,

nor seek
<01875> (8799)

their peace
<07965>

or their wealth
<02896>

for
<05704>

ever
<05769>_:

that ye may be strong
<02388> (8799)_,

and eat
<0398> (8804)

the good
<02898>

of the land
<0776>_,

and leave [it] for an inheritance
<03423> (8689)

to your children
<01121>

for ever
<05769>_.

9:13

And after
<0310>

all that is come
<0935> (8802)

upon us for our evil
<07451>

deeds
<04639>_,

and for our great
<01419>

trespass
<0819>_,

seeing that thou our God
<0430>

hast punished
<02820> (8804)

us less
<04295>

than our iniquities
<05771>

[deserve], and hast given
<05414> (8804)

us [such] deliverance
<06413>

as this; {hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities}

9:14

Should we again
<07725> (8799)

break
<06565> (8687)

thy commandments
<04687>_,

and join in affinity
<02859> (8692)

with the people
<05971>

of these abominations
<08441>_?

wouldest not thou be angry
<0599> (8799)

with us till thou hadst consumed
<03615> (8763)

[us], so that [there should be] no remnant
<07611>

nor escaping
<06413>_?

9:15

O LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

thou [art] righteous
<06662>_:

for we remain
<07604> (8738)

yet escaped
<06413>_,

as [it is] this day
<03117>_:

behold, we [are] before
<06440>

thee in our trespasses
<0819>_:

for we cannot stand
<05975> (8800)

before
<06440>

thee because of this.

10:1

Now when Ezra
<05830>

had prayed
<06419> (8692)_,

and when he had confessed
<03034> (8692)_,

weeping
<01058> (8802)

and casting himself down
<05307> (8693)

before
<06440>

the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

there assembled
<06908> (8738)

unto him out of Israel
<03478>

a very
<03966>

great
<07227>

congregation
<06951>

of men
<0582>

and women
<0802>

and children
<03206>_:

for the people
<05971>

wept
<01058> (8804)

very
<07235> (8687)

sore
<01059>_.

{wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping}

10:2

And Shechaniah
<07935>

the son
<01121>

of Jehiel
<03171>_,

[one] of the sons
<01121>

of Elam
<05867>_,

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Ezra
<05830>_,

We have trespassed
<04603> (8804)

against our God
<0430>_,

and have taken
<03427> (8686)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>

of the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_:

yet now there is
<03426>

hope
<04723>

in Israel
<03478>

concerning this thing.

10:3

Now therefore let us make
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

with our God
<0430>

to put away
<03318> (8687)

all the wives
<0802>_,

and such as are born
<03205> (8737)

of them, according to the counsel
<06098>

of my lord
<0136>_,

and of those that tremble
<02730>

at the commandment
<04687>

of our God
<0430>_;

and let it be done
<06213> (8735)

according to the law
<08451>_.

{to put...: Heb. to bring forth}

10:4

Arise
<06965> (8798)_;

for [this] matter
<01697>

[belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage
<02388> (8798)_,

and do
<06213> (8798)

[it].

10:5

Then arose
<06965> (8799)

Ezra
<05830>_,

and made the chief
<08269>

priests
<03548>_,

the Levites
<03881>_,

and all Israel
<03478>_,

to swear
<07650> (8686)

that they should do
<06213> (8800)

according to this word
<01697>_.

And they sware
<07650> (8735)_.

10:6

Then Ezra
<05830>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

from before
<06440>

the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

into the chamber
<03957>

of Johanan
<03076>

the son
<01121>

of Eliashib
<0475>_:

and [when] he came
<03212> (8799)

thither, he did eat
<0398> (8804)

no bread
<03899>_,

nor drink
<08354> (8804)

water
<04325>_:

for he mourned
<056> (8693)

because of the transgression
<04604>

of them that had been carried away
<01473>_.

10:7

And they made proclamation
<05674> (8686) <06963>

throughout Judah
<03063>

and Jerusalem
<03389>

unto all the children
<01121>

of the captivity
<01473>_,

that they should gather themselves together
<06908> (8736)

unto Jerusalem
<03389>_;

10:8

And that whosoever would not come
<0935> (8799)

within three
<07969>

days
<03117>_,

according to the counsel
<06098>

of the princes
<08269>

and the elders
<02205>_,

all his substance
<07399>

should be forfeited
<02763> (8714)_,

and himself separated
<0914> (8735)

from the congregation
<06951>

of those that had been carried away
<01473>_.

{forfeited: Heb. devoted}

10:9

Then all the men
<0582>

of Judah
<03063>

and Benjamin
<01144>

gathered themselves together
<06908> (8735)

unto Jerusalem
<03389>

within three
<07969>

days
<03117>_.

It [was] the ninth
<08671>

month
<02320>_,

on the twentieth
<06242>

[day] of the month
<02320>_;

and all the people
<05971>

sat
<03427> (8799)

in the street
<07339>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

trembling
<07460> (8688)

because of [this] matter
<01697>_,

and for the great rain
<01653>_.

{the great...: Heb. the showers}

10:10

And Ezra
<05830>

the priest
<03548>

stood up
<06965> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Ye have transgressed
<04603> (8804)_,

and have taken
<03427> (8686)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>_,

to increase
<03254> (8687)

the trespass
<0819>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back}

10:11

Now therefore make
<05414> (8798)

confession
<08426>

unto the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of your fathers
<01>_,

and do
<06213> (8798)

his pleasure
<07522>_:

and separate
<0914> (8734)

yourselves from the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_,

and from the strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>_.

10:12

Then all the congregation
<06951>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

As thou hast said
<01697>_,

so must we do
<06213> (8800)_.

10:13

But
<061>

the people
<05971>

[are] many
<07227>_,

and [it is] a time
<06256>

of much rain
<01653>_,

and we are not able
<03581>

to stand
<05975> (8800)

without
<02351>_,

neither [is this] a work
<04399>

of one
<0259>

day
<03117>

or two
<08147>_:

for we are many
<07235> (8689)

that have transgressed
<06586> (8800)

in this thing
<01697>_.

{we are many...: or, we have greatly offended in this thing}

10:14

Let now our rulers
<08269>

of all the congregation
<06951>

stand
<05975> (8799)_,

and let all them which have taken
<03427> (8689)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>

in our cities
<05892>

come
<0935> (8799)

at appointed
<02163> (8794)

times
<06256>_,

and with them the elders
<02205>

of every city
<05892>_,

and the judges
<08199> (8802)

thereof, until the fierce
<02740>

wrath
<0639>

of our God
<0430>

for this matter
<01697>

be turned
<07725> (8687)

from us. {for this...: or, till this matter be dispatched}

10:15

Only Jonathan
<03129>

the son
<01121>

of Asahel
<06214>

and Jahaziah
<03167>

the son
<01121>

of Tikvah
<08616>

were employed
<05975> (8804)

about this [matter]: and Meshullam
<04918>

and Shabbethai
<07678>

the Levite
<03881>

helped
<05826> (8804)

them. {were...: Heb. stood}

10:16

And the children
<01121>

of the captivity
<01473>

did so
<06213> (8799)_.

And Ezra
<05830>

the priest
<03548>_,

[with] certain
<0582>

chief
<07218>

of the fathers
<01>_,

after the house
<01004>

of their fathers
<01>_,

and all of them by [their] names
<08034>_,

were separated
<0914> (8735)_,

and sat down
<03427> (8799)

in the first
<0259>

day
<03117>

of the tenth
<06224>

month
<02320>

to examine
<01875> (8800)

the matter
<01697>_.

10:17

And they made an end
<03615> (8762)

with all the men
<0582>

that had taken
<03427> (8689)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>

by the first
<0259>

day
<03117>

of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_.

10:18

And among the sons
<01121>

of the priests
<03548>

there were found
<04672> (8735)

that had taken
<03427> (8689)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>_:

[namely], of the sons
<01121>

of Jeshua
<03442>

the son
<01121>

of Jozadak
<03136>_,

and his brethren
<0251>_;

Maaseiah
<04641>_,

and Eliezer
<0461>_,

and Jarib
<03402>_,

and Gedaliah
<01436>_.

10:19

And they gave
<05414> (8799)

their hands
<03027>

that they would put away
<03318> (8687)

their wives
<0802>_;

and [being] guilty
<0818>_,

[they offered] a ram
<0352>

of the flock
<06629>

for their trespass
<0819>_.

10:20

And of the sons
<01121>

of Immer
<0564>_;

Hanani
<02607>_,

and Zebadiah
<02069>_.

10:21

And of the sons
<01121>

of Harim
<02766>_;

Maaseiah
<04641>_,

and Elijah
<0452>_,

and Shemaiah
<08098>_,

and Jehiel
<03171>_,

and Uzziah
<05818>_.

10:22

And of the sons
<01121>

of Pashur
<06583>_;

Elioenai
<0454>_,

Maaseiah
<04641>_,

Ishmael
<03458>_,

Nethaneel
<05417>_,

Jozabad
<03107>_,

and Elasah
<0501>_.

10:23

Also of the Levites
<03881>_;

Jozabad
<03107>_,

and Shimei
<08096>_,

and Kelaiah
<07041>_,

(the same [is] Kelita
<07042>,)

Pethahiah
<06611>_,

Judah
<03063>_,

and Eliezer
<0461>_.

10:24

Of the singers
<07891> (8789)

also; Eliashib
<0475>_:

and of the porters
<07778>_;

Shallum
<07967>_,

and Telem
<02928>_,

and Uri
<0221>_.

10:25

Moreover of Israel
<03478>_:

of the sons
<01121>

of Parosh
<06551>_;

Ramiah
<07422>_,

and Jeziah
<03150>_,

and Malchiah
<04441>_,

and Miamin
<04326>_,

and Eleazar
<0499>_,

and Malchijah
<04441>_,

and Benaiah
<01141>_.

10:26

And of the sons
<01121>

of Elam
<05867>_;

Mattaniah
<04983>_,

Zechariah
<02148>_,

and Jehiel
<03171>_,

and Abdi
<05660>_,

and Jeremoth
<03406>_,

and Eliah
<0452>_.

10:27

And of the sons
<01121>

of Zattu
<02240>_;

Elioenai
<0454>_,

Eliashib
<0475>_,

Mattaniah
<04983>_,

and Jeremoth
<03406>_,

and Zabad
<02066>_,

and Aziza
<05819>_.

10:28

Of the sons
<01121>

also of Bebai
<0893>_;

Jehohanan
<03076>_,

Hananiah
<02608>_,

Zabbai
<02140> (8675) <02079>_,

[and] Athlai
<06270>_.

10:29

And of the sons
<01121>

of Bani
<01137>_;

Meshullam
<04918>_,

Malluch
<04409>_,

and Adaiah
<05718>_,

Jashub
<03437>_,

and Sheal
<07594>_,

and Ramoth
<07433>_.

10:30

And of the sons
<01121>

of Pahathmoab
<06355>_;

Adna
<05733>_,

and Chelal
<03636>_,

Benaiah
<01141>_,

Maaseiah
<04641>_,

Mattaniah
<04983>_,

Bezaleel
<01212>_,

and Binnui
<01131>_,

and Manasseh
<04519>_.

10:31

And [of] the sons
<01121>

of Harim
<02766>_;

Eliezer
<0461>_,

Ishijah
<03449>_,

Malchiah
<04441>_,

Shemaiah
<08098>_,

Shimeon
<08095>_,

10:32

Benjamin
<01144>_,

Malluch
<04409>_,

[and] Shemariah
<08114>_.

10:33

Of the sons
<01121>

of Hashum
<02828>_;

Mattenai
<04982>_,

Mattathah
<04992>_,

Zabad
<02066>_,

Eliphelet
<0467>_,

Jeremai
<03413>_,

Manasseh
<04519>_,

[and] Shimei
<08096>_.

10:34

Of the sons
<01121>

of Bani
<01137>_;

Maadai
<04572>_,

Amram
<06019>_,

and Uel
<0177>_,

10:35

Benaiah
<01141>_,

Bedeiah
<0912>_,

Chelluh
<03622>_,

10:36

Vaniah
<02057>_,

Meremoth
<04822>_,

Eliashib
<0475>_,

10:37

Mattaniah
<04983>_,

Mattenai
<04982>_,

and Jaasau
<03299>_,

10:38

And Bani
<01137>_,

and Binnui
<01131>_,

Shimei
<08096>_,

10:39

And Shelemiah
<08018>_,

and Nathan
<05416>_,

and Adaiah
<05718>_,

10:40

Machnadebai
<04367>_,

Shashai
<08343>_,

Sharai
<08298>_,

{Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies}

10:41

Azareel
<05832>_,

and Shelemiah
<08018>_,

Shemariah
<08114>_,

10:42

Shallum
<07967>_,

Amariah
<0568>_,

[and] Joseph
<03130>_.

10:43

Of the sons
<01121>

of Nebo
<05015>_;

Jeiel
<03273>_,

Mattithiah
<04993>_,

Zabad
<02066>_,

Zebina
<02081>_,

Jadau
<03035>_,

and Joel
<03100>_,

Benaiah
<01141>_.

10:44

All these had taken
<05375> (8804) (8675) <05375> (8802)

strange
<05237>

wives
<0802>_:

and [some] of them had
<03426>

wives
<0802>

by whom they had
<07760> (8799)

children
<01121>_.