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”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Ezra’s Confession</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> gathered around me, because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> while I sat devastated until the evening offering.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>At the evening offering, I got up from my time of humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> my God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I said:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="blockindent"><p class="scripture">My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our ancestors until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> as it is today. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> our God to preserve a remnant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for us and give us a stake<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in his holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us a little relief and light to our eyes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Though we are slaves,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="blockindent"><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now, our God, what can we say in light of<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ezra.9.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> this? For we have abandoned the commands <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>you gave through your servants the prophets, saying, “The land you are entering to possess is an impure land. The surrounding peoples have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness by their impurity and detestable practices.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Never pursue their welfare or prosperity,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt — though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ezra.9.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —  <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ezra.9.15" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ezra.9.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Ezra.9" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Ezra.9.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.2">9:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">they</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ezra.9.2.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.2">9:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">hand of the leaders</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ezra.9.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.10">9:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">say after</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ezra.9.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.13">9:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and gave us a remnant like this</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Ezra.9" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.1">9:1</a></span> Ezk 5:10–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.1">9:1</a></span> Dt 12:29–31; Ezr 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.1">9:1</a></span> Gn 15:18; Lv 18:24–30; Dt 7:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.2">9:2</a></span> Dt 14:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.2">9:2</a></span> Dt 7:1–4; Ezr 9:12; Neh 13:1–3,23</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.2">9:2</a></span> Neh 13:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.3">9:3</a></span> 2Kg 18:37–19:2; Neh 1:4; Dn 9:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.4">9:4</a></span> Ezr 10:3; Is 66:2,5</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.4">9:4</a></span> Ezr 2:1; 6:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.4">9:4</a></span> Ex 29:38–39</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.5">9:5</a></span> Ex 9:29; Dn 6:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.6">9:6-15</a></span> Neh 1:5–11; Dn 9:4–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.6">9:6</a></span> Jr 51:9; Rv 18:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.7">9:7</a></span> Neh 9:30,36; Dn 9:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.8">9:8</a></span> Is 10:20–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.8">9:8</a></span> Is 10:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.8">9:8</a></span> 1Sm 14:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.9">9:9</a></span> Neh 9:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.9">9:9</a></span> 2Kg 25:28; Ezr 6:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.9">9:9</a></span> Ezr 1:4; 7:12–20</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.10">9:10-11</a></span> Dt 12:29–31; Ezr 9:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.12">9:12</a></span> Dt 7:1–4; Ezr 9:2; Neh 13:23–28</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.12">9:12</a></span> Dt 7:3; 23:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.13">9:13</a></span> Is 10:20–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.14">9:14</a></span> Ezr 9:1–2; Neh 13:23–28</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.14">9:14</a></span> Dt 29:26–28</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.15">9:15</a></span> Neh 1:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ezra.9.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ezra.9.15">9:15</a></span> Ps 130:3</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Ezra.9" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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