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For we have forsaken the commands<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezra/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“And now, O our God, what can we say after all of this? For once again we have abandoned your commands!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezra/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezra/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezra/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezra/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezra/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned Your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezra/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezra/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezra/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“So now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezra/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned (turned away from) Your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezra/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezra/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezra/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezra/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our God, what can we say now? Even after all this, we have disobeyed the commands <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezra/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezra/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"And now, our God, what can we say after all this? We have abandoned your commandments!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezra/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"But now, O God, what can we say after all that has happened? We have again disobeyed the commands <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezra/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now, our God, what can we say besides this? Because we have abandoned your commandments <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezra/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezra/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezra/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezra/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezra/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezra/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? For we have forsaken Your commands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezra/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezra/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now what shall we say, O our God, after this? for we forsook thy commands,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezra/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezra/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezra/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now, our God, what can we say after all this? For we have abandoned your commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezra/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezra/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after all these things? For we have forsaken thy commandments<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezra/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And now, what will we say after these all things, for we have abandoned your commandments?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezra/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken Thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezra/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezra/9-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=2429" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezra/9.htm">Ezra's Prayer of Confession</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">And now,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">our God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: nō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">can we say</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê- (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zaḇ·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">we have forsaken</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandments</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-30</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Daniel 9:5-11</a></span><br />we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. / We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land. / To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-15</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-26</a></span><br />but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2-4</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8-9</a></span><br />But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-10.htm">Psalm 78:10-11</a></span><br />They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. / They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Jeremiah 11:7-8</a></span><br />For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’ / Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-17.htm">Romans 2:17-24</a></span><br />Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; / if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; / if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29-32</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. / And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1-3</a></span><br />We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. / For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, / how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-12</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,</p><p class="hdg">what shall we say</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/44-16.htm">Genesis 44:16</a></b></br> And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we <i>are</i> my lord's servants, both we, and <i>he</i> also with whom the cup is found.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-8.htm">Joshua 7:8</a></b></br> O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22</a></b></br> <i>It is of</i> the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/7-11.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/ezra/7-11.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/judges/11-28.htm">Disregarded</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">Laws</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm">Disregarded</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-31.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm">Laws</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">He prays unto God, with confession of sins</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezra/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezra/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezra/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And now, our God,</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct address to God, showing a personal relationship and reverence. It reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God is acknowledged as the sovereign Lord. This invocation is common in prayers of confession and supplication throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/nehemiah/1-5.htm">Nehemiah 1:5-11</a> and <a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Daniel 9:4-19</a>, where the people turn to God in times of distress.<p><b>what can we say after this?</b><br>This rhetorical question expresses a sense of guilt and helplessness. It acknowledges the gravity of the situation and the inadequacy of any excuse or justification. This mirrors other biblical instances where individuals or groups are confronted with their sin, such as in <a href="/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4-5</a> and <a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19</a>, emphasizing the need for repentance and divine mercy.<p><b>For we have forsaken the commandments</b><br>This confession highlights the specific sin of abandoning God's laws, which were given to guide Israel in righteousness and holiness. The commandments refer to the Mosaic Law, which includes moral, ceremonial, and civil precepts. Forsaking these commandments often led to consequences such as exile, as seen in the history of Israel and Judah. This phrase connects to the broader biblical theme of covenant faithfulness and the consequences of disobedience, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> and <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>. It also foreshadows the need for a new covenant, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who perfectly kept the law and offers redemption for transgressions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a></b><br>A scribe and priest who led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem. He was deeply concerned about the spiritual state of the people and their adherence to God's laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who had returned from Babylonian exile. They were struggling with maintaining their distinct identity and obedience to God's commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the returned exiles were rebuilding the temple and re-establishing their community according to God's laws.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_commandments.htm">The Commandments</a></b><br>Refers to the laws given by God to the Israelites, which they had neglected, leading to Ezra's prayer of confession.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/intermarriage_with_pagan_nations.htm">Intermarriage with Pagan Nations</a></b><br>The specific sin that prompted Ezra's prayer, as the Israelites had intermarried with surrounding nations, contrary to God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br><a href="/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10</a> highlights the necessity of adhering to God's commandments. Disobedience leads to spiritual and communal consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_confession.htm">The Role of Confession</a></b><br>Ezra's prayer is a model of confession, acknowledging the people's sins and seeking God's mercy. Confession is vital for restoring our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_compromise.htm">Guarding Against Compromise</a></b><br>The Israelites' intermarriage with pagan nations serves as a warning against compromising our faith and values with worldly influences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a></b><br>Ezra's leadership demonstrates the importance of holding the community accountable to God's standards and leading by example in repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>As God's people, we are called to be set apart and live according to His commandments, reflecting His holiness in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'let_no_one_separate'_mean.htm">What does 'let no one separate' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_nehemiah_8_9-12_urge_joy,_not_sorrow.htm">Why do Nehemiah 8:9-12 command people to rejoice instead of mourning if they had just realized their past failures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_separate_if_some_converted.htm">Ezra 10:44 - How can a just God require separating from wives and children if some may have converted to the faith?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_faithful_believers_suffer.htm">Psalm 9:10 promises protection for those who seek God; why do many believers still suffer abandonment or persecution despite faithfulness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezra/9-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And now,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can we say</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹּאמַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(nō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַֽחֲרֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this?</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֑את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have forsaken</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזַ֖בְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zaḇ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezra/9-10.htm">OT History: Ezra 9:10 Now our God what shall we say (Ezr. 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