Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
After
these things had
been
accomplished
, the leaders
approached
me and
said
, “
The people of Israel, including
the priests and Levites, have not kept
themselves separate
from the surrounding
peoples whose
abominations are
like
those
of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Now
when
these things were
done
, the princes
drew
near
unto
me, saying,
The people of Israel, and
the priests and the
Levites, have not separated
themselves from the peoples of
the
lands,
`doing'
according
to
their
abominations ,
even
of the Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the
Ammonites, the
Moabites, the
Egyptians, and the
Amorites.
Indeed,
the
Israelites
have taken some
of their daughters as
wives
for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has
been
mixed
with the people
of the land.
And
the leaders
and
officials
have
taken
the lead
in this unfaithfulness!”
For
they
have taken of their daughters for themselves and for
their sons, so that the holy seed have
mingled
themselves
with the peoples
of the lands:
yea,
the hand
of
the princes
and
rulers
hath
been
chief
in this trespass.
When I heard this report
, I tore
my tunic
and cloak
, pulled
out
some
hair from
my head and beard, and sat down in
horror
.
And
when I heard this thing
, I rent
my garment
and my
robe
, and
plucked
off
the
hair of
my head and of
my
beard, and sat down confounded
.
Then everyone
who
trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered
around
me
because of the unfaithfulness
of the exiles,
while
I sat there
in
horror
until the evening offering
.
Then were
assembled
unto
me
every
one
that
trembled at the words of the God of Israel ,
because of the trespass
of them
of
the captivity;
and
I sat confounded
until the evening oblation
.
At the evening offering,
I got
up from my humiliation with my tunic
and cloak
torn,
and I fell on
my knees, spread out my hands to
the
LORD
my God ,
And
at the evening oblation
I arose
up from my humiliation ,
even
with my garment
and my
robe
rent;
and I fell upon
my knees, and
spread out my hands unto
Jehovah
my God ;
and said :
“
O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed
to lift up my face to You
, my God ,
because
our iniquities are higher
than
our heads
, and our guilt
has
reached
the heavens.
and I
said ,
O my God, I am ashamed and blush
to lift up my face to thee
, my God ;
for
our iniquities are increased
over
our head
, and our guiltiness
is
grown
up
unto
the heavens.
From
the days of our fathers to
this day ,
our
guilt
has
been
great.
Because
of
our iniquities ,
we and
our kings and priests have
been delivered into the hands
of the kings of the earth
and
put
to the sword and
captivity, to pillage
and humiliation
, as we
are
this day.
Since
the days of our fathers we
have
been
exceeding
guilty
unto
this day ;
and
for
our iniquities have
we ,
our kings ,
and our
priests ,
been delivered into the hand
of the kings of the lands,
to the sword ,
to
captivity, and
to plunder,
and to
confusion
of
face
, as it
is
this day.
But
now ,
for a brief
moment ,
grace has
come
from the
LORD
our God to preserve
for
us a remnant and to give us a stake
in His holy place .
Even
in
our
bondage
, our God has
given
us
new
life
and
light
to
our eyes.
And
now for a little
moment grace hath
been
showed
from Jehovah
our God ,
to leave
us a remnant to
escape,
and to give us a nail
in his holy place, that
our God may
lighten
our eyes ,
and
give
us
a
little
reviving
in
our
bondage
.
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.
For
we are bondmen;
yet
our God hath
not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath
extended lovingkindness
unto
us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to
give
us a
reviving,
to set
up
the house of our God ,
and to
repair the
ruins thereof
, and to
give
us a wall in Judah and in
Jerusalem.
And now, our God, what can
we say after this? For we have forsaken the
commandments
And now, O
our God, what shall
we say after this? for we have forsaken thy
commandments ,
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.
which
thou
hast
commanded
by
thy
servants the prophets, saying ,
The land ,
unto
which
ye
go
to possess it,
is an
unclean
land through
the uncleanness
of the
peoples of
the lands,
through
their
abominations ,
which have filled it from one
end to another
with
their
filthiness:
Now ,
therefore ,
do
not
give your daughters in
marriage
to
their sons or
take their daughters for
your sons .
Never
seek their peace or prosperity ,
so
that you
may be strong and may
eat the good things
of the land, leaving
it as
an inheritance to your sons
forever
. ’
now therefore give not
your daughters unto
their sons ,
neither
take their daughters unto
your sons ,
nor
seek their peace or their
prosperity for
ever;
that ye
may be strong ,
and eat the good of the land, and
leave
it for
an inheritance to your children
for
ever
.
After all that has
come upon us because
of
our evil deeds and our great guilt (though
You
, our God ,
have
punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have
given us such a remnant as
this)
,
And
after all that is
come upon us for
our evil deeds ,
and for
our great guilt, seeing
that
thou
our God hast
punished us less than our iniquities deserve ,
and hast
given us such a remnant,
shall 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
?
shall we again break thy
commandments ,
and join
in
affinity
with the peoples that
do
these abominations? wouldest
not thou
be
angry with us till
thou
hadst
consumed
us, so
that
there
should
be
no remnant ,
nor
any
to
escape
?
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
. ”
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
.
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