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We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/ezra/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> O LORD, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.” <a href="/esv/ezra/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this.” <a href="/bsb/ezra/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.” <a href="/kjv/ezra/9.htm">King James Bible</a> O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. <a href="/nkjv/ezra/9.htm">New King James Version</a> O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!” <a href="/nasb_/ezra/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.” <a href="/nasb/ezra/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ezra/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “O LORD God of Israel, Thou art righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before Thee in our guilt, for no one can stand before Thee because of this.” <a href="/lsb/ezra/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> O Yahweh, the God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.” <a href="/amp/ezra/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> O LORD God of Israel, You are [uncompromisingly] just (righteous), for we have been left as survivors, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.” <a href="/csb/ezra/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this. <a href="/hcsb/ezra/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before You with our guilt, though no one can stand in Your presence because of this. <a href="/asv/ezra/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this. <a href="/cev/ezra/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> LORD God of Israel, you have been more than fair by letting a few of us survive. But once again, our sins have made us ashamed to face you. <a href="/erv/ezra/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> O LORD, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this. <a href="/gwt/ezra/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> LORD God of Israel, because you are fair, a few of us continue to remain as survivors. Look at us. All of us are guilty. None of us can stand in your presence because of this." <a href="/gnt/ezra/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> LORD God of Israel, you are just, but you have let us survive. We confess our guilt to you; we have no right to come into your presence." <a href="/isv/ezra/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> LORD God of Israel, you are just: As a result, we remain here today delivered. Look at us! Because of our sin, we cannot stand in your presence as a result of everything that has happened." <a href="/msb/ezra/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.? <a href="/net/ezra/9.htm">NET Bible</a> O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you." <a href="/nheb/ezra/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Look, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this." <a href="/wbt/ezra/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we having escaped, remain yet, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. <a href="/web/ezra/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> O YHWH, God of Israel, You [are] righteous, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; behold, we [are] before You in our guilt, for there is none to stand before You concerning this.” <a href="/ylt/ezra/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous art Thou, for we have been left an escape, as it is this day; lo, we are before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.' <a href="/slt/ezra/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> O Jehovah God of Israel, thou art just: for we remained an escaping as this day: behold us before thee in our guilts; for not to stand before thee for.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> O Lord God of Israel, thou art just: for we remain yet to be saved as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sin, for there can be no standing before thee in this matter. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just. For we have been left behind to be saved, just as it is this day. Behold, we are before your sight in our offense. And it is not possible to withstand you in this matter.” <a href="/nabre/ezra/9.htm">New American Bible</a> LORD, God of Israel, you are just; yet we have been spared, the remnant we are today. Here we are before you in our sins. Because of all this, we can no longer stand in your presence.” <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O LORD, God of Israel, you are just, but we have escaped as a remnant, as is now the case. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can face you because of this.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous; for thou hast spared a remnant of us, as it is today; behold, we are standing and confessing before thee our sins; for we have no word to speak before thee because of this. <a href="/hpbt/ezra/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, you are righteous, for you have left a remnant of us as it is today! Behold, we stand and we confess before you concerning our sins, because there are no words to speak before you about this!” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> O LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before Thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before Thee because of this.' <a href="/sep/ezra/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we remain yet escaped, as at this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee on this account. <a href="/parallel/ezra/9-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=2498" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezra/9.htm">Ezra's Prayer of Confession</a> …14shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor? 15<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: ṣad·dîq (Adj-ms) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">are righteous!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: niš·’ar·nū (V-Nifal-Perf-1cp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">we remain</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kə·hay·yō·wm (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="6413: p̄ə·lê·ṭāh (N-fs) -- An escape. Or pletah; feminine of paliyt; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion.">as a remnant.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nū (Interjection:: 1cp) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Here we are</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You</a> <a href="/hebrew/819.htm" title="819: bə·’aš·mā·ṯê·nū (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cp) -- Wrongdoing, guiltiness. Feminine of 'asham; guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a sin-offering.">in our guilt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because</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.">of it</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: la·‘ă·mō·wḏ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">can stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Nehemiah 9:33</a> You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Daniel 9:7-8</a> 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. / O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You. <a href="/psalms/51-4.htm">Psalm 51:4</a> Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. <a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm">Lamentations 1:18</a> The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity. <a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19-20</a> Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. / Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin. <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a> Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? <a href="/psalms/130-3.htm">Psalm 130:3-4</a> If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? / But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a> for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, <a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm">2 Chronicles 12:6</a> So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” <a href="/job/9-2.htm">Job 9:2-3</a> “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? / If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. <a href="/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a> But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ <a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Micah 7:9</a> Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness. <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.thou art righteous<a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Nehemiah 9:33,34</a> Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: … <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Daniel 9:7-11,14</a> O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee… <a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Romans 10:3</a> For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.for we remain<a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22,23</a> It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not… in our trespasses<a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6,7</a> But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away… <a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Ezekiel 33:10</a> Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?<a href="/zechariah/3-3.htm">Zechariah 3:3,4</a> Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel… we cannot<a href="/job/9-2.htm">Job 9:2,3</a> I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? … <a href="/psalms/130-3.htm">Psalm 130:3</a> If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?<a href="/psalms/143-2.htm">Psalm 143:2</a> And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/9-8.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Guiltiness</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-10.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Trespasses</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/psalms/68-21.htm">Guiltiness</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-2.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/psalms/68-21.htm">Trespasses</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 9</div>1. <a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers</a> 5. <a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">He prays unto God, with confession of sins</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! This phrase acknowledges the righteousness of God, a central theme throughout the Bible. God's righteousness is His moral perfection and justice, which is consistently highlighted in the Old Testament (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Deuteronomy 32:4</a>, <a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Psalm 11:7</a>). In the context of Ezra, this declaration comes after the realization of the people's sins, particularly intermarriage with pagan nations, which was against God's commands (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>). The acknowledgment of God's righteousness sets the stage for confession and repentance, recognizing that any judgment or discipline from God is just and deserved.For we remain this day as a remnant. The concept of a "remnant" is significant in biblical theology, often referring to a small, faithful group preserved by God despite widespread unfaithfulness or disaster (<a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a>, <a href="/romans/11-5.htm">Romans 11:5</a>). In Ezra's time, the remnant refers to those who returned from Babylonian exile to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. This remnant is a fulfillment of God's promise to preserve a portion of His people (<a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a>). The survival of the remnant underscores God's faithfulness and mercy, even when His people have been unfaithful.Here we are before You in our guilt, Ezra's prayer includes a confession of guilt, acknowledging the people's sins before God. This reflects the biblical principle that confession is necessary for forgiveness and restoration (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>, <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a>). The guilt mentioned here is specifically related to the intermarriage with foreign nations, which threatened the purity of Israel's worship and obedience to God. The phrase emphasizes the importance of coming before God with humility and honesty about one's sins.though because of it no one can stand before You. This phrase highlights the severity of sin and its consequences. In biblical terms, to "stand before" God implies being in His presence without condemnation (<a href="/psalms/130-3.htm">Psalm 130:3</a>, <a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a>). The acknowledgment that no one can stand before God due to guilt underscores the need for divine mercy and grace. It points to the ultimate solution found in Jesus Christ, who enables believers to stand before God justified (<a href="/romans/5.htm">Romans 5:1-2</a>). This phrase serves as a reminder of human inability to achieve righteousness on their own and the necessity of God's intervention for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a> A scribe and priest who led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem. He was instrumental in re-establishing the Law of Moses among the people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a> The group of Israelites who returned from Babylonian exile. They are described as a "remnant" because they are the small portion of the original population that survived and returned. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city to which the exiles returned. It was the center of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_exile.htm">The Exile</a> The period during which the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon. This was a time of punishment for their disobedience to God. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_god_of_israel.htm">The LORD, God of Israel</a> The covenant-keeping God who is righteous and just. He is the one to whom Ezra prays and confesses the sins of the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteousness.htm">God's Righteousness</a> God's righteousness is unchanging and serves as the standard by which all are judged. Ezra acknowledges this as he confesses the sins of the people. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_confession.htm">The Importance of Confession</a> Confession is a crucial step in restoring a right relationship with God. Ezra's prayer is a model of humility and recognition of sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_the_remnant.htm">The Concept of the Remnant</a> God often works through a faithful remnant. This encourages believers to remain faithful even when they are in the minority. <a href="/topical/h/human_inability_to_stand_before_god.htm">Human Inability to Stand Before God</a> Without God's mercy, no one can stand before Him. This underscores the need for grace and the work of Christ in the New Testament. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_renewal.htm">The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Renewal</a> Ezra's leadership in confessing and addressing sin highlights the responsibility of leaders to guide others in spiritual renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 9</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_14-15_align_with_other_biblical_judgments.htm">How does the promised divine judgment in Zechariah 1:14-15 align with or contradict other biblical accounts of God's dealings with foreign nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_9_6_show_god's_love.htm">How does Ezekiel 9:6 reconcile a loving God with the command to kill everyone, including children and the elderly?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezra_9_7's_timeline_compare_historically.htm">In Ezra 9:7, how does the stated timeline of guilt leading to captivity compare with historical accounts of Persian policies regarding exiles?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped. Righteousness, in its widest sense, includes mercy; and so the meaning here may be, "Thou art good and gracious; of which thy having spared us is a proof;" or tsaddik may have its more usual sense of "just," and Ezra may mean to say, "Thou art just, and therefore hast brought us to the low estate in which we are to-day, and made us a mere remnant." We are before thee in our trespasses. We are here, in thy presence; here, before thy holy place (<a href="/acts/10-1.htm">Acts 10:1</a>); sinners, with all our sins upon us, confessing our guilt; for we cannot stand before thee - we cannot boldly stand up and face thee ("Who shall, stand in thy sight when Thou art angry? <a href="/psalms/76-7.htm">Psalm 76:7</a>), because of this our heinous transgression, for which there is no excuse. <a href="/commentaries/ezra/9-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>O LORD, יְהוָ֞ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc You אַ֔תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you are righteous! צַדִּ֣יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6662.htm">Strong's 6662: </a> Just, righteous For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction we remain נִשְׁאַ֥רְנוּ (niš·’ar·nū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that day כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (kə·hay·yō·wm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day as a remnant. פְלֵיטָ֖ה (p̄ə·lê·ṭāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm">Strong's 6413: </a> Deliverance, an escaped portion Here we [are] הִנְנ֤וּ (hin·nū) Interjection | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! before You לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face in our guilt, בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (bə·’aš·mā·ṯê·nū) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_819.htm">Strong's 819: </a> Guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a, sin-offering though כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction because עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against of it זֹֽאת׃ (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, no one אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle can stand לַעֲמ֛וֹד (la·‘ă·mō·wḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations before You.” לְפָנֶ֖יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/9-15.htm">Ezra 9:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/9-15.htm">OT History: Ezra 9:15 Yahweh the God of Israel you (Ezr. 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