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Ezra 9:1-14

9:1

Now when these things were done
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the princes
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came
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to me, saying
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The people
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of Israel
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and the priests
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and the Levites
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have not separated
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themselves from the people
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of the lands
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[doing] according to their abominations
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[even] of the Canaanites
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the Hittites
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the Perizzites
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the Jebusites
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the Ammonites
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the Moabites
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the Egyptians
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and the Amorites
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9:2

For they have taken
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of their daughters
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for themselves, and for their sons
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so that the holy
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seed
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have mingled
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themselves with the people
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of [those] lands
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yea, the hand
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of the princes
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and rulers
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hath been chief
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in this trespass
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9:3

And when I heard
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this thing
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I rent
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my garment
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and my mantle
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and plucked off
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the hair
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of my head
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and of my beard
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and sat down
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astonied
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9:4

Then were assembled
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unto me every one that trembled
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at the words
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of the God
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of Israel
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because of the transgression
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of those that had been carried away
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and I sat
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astonied
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until the evening
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sacrifice
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9:5

And at the evening
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sacrifice
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I arose up
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from my heaviness
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and having rent
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my garment
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and my mantle
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I fell
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upon my knees
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and spread out
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my hands
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unto the LORD
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my God
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{heaviness: or, affliction}

9:6

And said
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O my God
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I am ashamed
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and blush
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to lift up
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my face
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to thee, my God
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for our iniquities
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are increased
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over
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[our] head
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and our trespass
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is grown up
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unto the heavens
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{trespass: or, guiltiness}

9:7

Since the days
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of our fathers
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[have] we [been] in a great
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trespass
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unto this day
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and for our iniquities
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have we, our kings
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[and] our priests
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been delivered
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into the hand
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of the kings
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of the lands
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to the sword
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to captivity
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and to a spoil
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and to confusion
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of face
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as [it is] this day
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9:8

And now for a little
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space
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grace
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hath been [shewed] from the LORD
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our God
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to leave
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us a remnant to escape
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and to give
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us a nail
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in his holy
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place
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that our God
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may lighten
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our eyes
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and give
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us a little
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reviving
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in our bondage
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{space: Heb. moment} {a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode}

9:9

For we [were] bondmen
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yet our God
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hath not forsaken
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us in our bondage
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but hath extended
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mercy
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unto us in the sight
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of the kings
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of Persia
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to give
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us a reviving
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to set up
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the house
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of our God
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and to repair
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the desolations
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thereof, and to give
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us a wall
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in Judah
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and in Jerusalem
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{to repair: Heb. to set up}

9:10

And now, O our God
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what shall we say
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after
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this? for we have forsaken
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thy commandments
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9:11

Which thou hast commanded
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by
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thy servants
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the prophets
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saying
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The land
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unto which ye go
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to possess
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it, is an unclean
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land
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with the filthiness
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of the people
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of the lands
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with their abominations
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which have filled
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it from one end
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to another
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with their uncleanness
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{by: Heb. by the hand of} {from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth}

9:12

Now therefore give
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not your daughters
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unto their sons
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neither take
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their daughters
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unto your sons
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nor seek
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their peace
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or their wealth
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for
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ever
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that ye may be strong
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and eat
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the good
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of the land
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and leave [it] for an inheritance
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to your children
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for ever
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9:13

And after
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all that is come
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upon us for our evil
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deeds
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and for our great
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trespass
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seeing that thou our God
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hast punished
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us less
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than our iniquities
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[deserve], and hast given
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us [such] deliverance
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as this; {hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities}

9:14

Should we again
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break
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thy commandments
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and join in affinity
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with the people
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of these abominations
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wouldest not thou be angry
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with us till thou hadst consumed
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[us], so that [there should be] no remnant
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nor escaping
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