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On
the twenty-fourth day of the
same
month ,
the Israelites
gathered
together,
fasting and wearing
sackcloth, with
dust
on their
heads
.
Now
in
the twenty-fourth day of this
month the children
of
Israel
were
assembled
with
fasting ,
and with
sackcloth, and
earth
on them
.
Those
of Israelite
descent
separated themselves from all the
foreigners, and they
stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
The
seed
of Israel
separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins ,
and the iniquities of their fathers.
While
they stood in their places
, they
read from
the Book of the Law of the
LORD
their God for
a quarter
of the day ,
and they
spent
another quarter
of
the
day
in
confession
and worship
of
the
LORD
their God.
They stood up
in their place
, and
read in
the book of the law of Yahweh
their God a fourth
part
of the day ;
and [
another ]
fourth
part
they
confessed,
and worshiped
Yahweh
their God.
And
the Levites —
Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani —stood
on
the
raised
platform
and cried out
in
a loud voice to the
LORD
their God.
Then
stood
up
on
the stairs
of
the
Levites ,
Jeshua, and
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [
and ]
Chenani ,
and cried with
a loud voice to Yahweh
their God.
Then the Levites —
Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah —
said, “
Stand up and bless the
LORD
your God from everlasting to everlasting :
Blessed be Your glorious name, and
may
it
be
exalted above all blessing and praise.
Then the Levites ,
Jeshua, and
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [
and ]
Pethahiah ,
said, Stand up and bless Yahweh
your God from everlasting to everlasting ;
and
blessed be your glorious name, which
is
exalted above all blessing and praise.
You alone
are the
LORD.
You created
the
heavens
, the highest
heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is
on
it
, the seas and all that is in them .
You give
life
to
all things,
and the host of heaven worships You.
You are Yahweh,
even
you alone;
you
have
made
heaven
, the heaven
of
heavens ,
with all their host, the earth and all things
that are
thereon
, the seas and all that is in them ,
and
you preserve
them
all ;
and the host of heaven worships you.
You are the
LORD,
the God who chose
Abram, who
brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans
and gave him the name Abraham .
You are Yahweh
the God ,
who did
choose
Abram, and
brought him forth
out of Ur of the Chaldees,
and gave him the name of
Abraham ,
You
found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites
and
Hittites
, of
the Amorites
and Perizzites
, of
the Jebusites
and Girgashites—
to give it to his descendants.
You
have kept
Your promise,
because
You are righteous.
and
found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite
, the Hittite,
the
Amorite,
and the
Perizzite
, and
the Jebusite,
and the
Girgashite,
to give it to his seed,
and
have performed
your words;
for
you are righteous.
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt ;
You
heard their cry at
the Red Sea .
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt ,
and
heard their cry by
the Red Sea ,
You
performed
signs and wonders against
Pharaoh, all his officials
, and all the people of his land ,
for You knew they had
acted
with
arrogance
against our
fathers.
You made
a name for
Yourself
that
endures
to
this day.
and
shown
signs and wonders on
Pharaoh, and
on
all his servants
, and on
all the people of his land ;
for you knew that
they dealt
proudly
against them,
and
did
get
you a name ,
as
it
is
this day.
You divided the sea before them, and
they crossed
through it
on dry ground.
You
hurled
their pursuers into the depths like
a stone into raging
waters.
You divided the sea before them, so
that
they went
through the
midst
of
the
sea
on the
dry land;
and
their pursuers you
did
cast
into the depths ,
as
a stone into the
mighty
waters.
You
led
them
with
a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light
for
them the way in which they should travel
.
Moreover
in
a pillar of cloud you
led
them
by day ;
and in
a pillar of fire by night, to give
them light
in
the way in which they should go
.
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven .
You
gave them just
ordinances ,
true laws, and
good statutes and commandments .
You came down also
on Mount Sinai ,
and spoke with them from heaven ,
and
gave them right
ordinances and
true laws, good statutes and commandments ,
You
revealed
to them Your holy Sabbath and gave
them commandments and statutes and laws
through
Your servant Moses.
and
made
known
to them your holy Sabbath ,
and commanded
them commandments ,
and statutes ,
and a
law,
by
Moses
your servant ,
In
their
hunger
You
gave them bread from heaven;
in
their thirst
You
brought them
water from
the rock .
You
told
them
to
go in and
possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
and
gave them bread from the
sky
for
their hunger,
and
brought forth
water for
them
out
of
the rock for
their
thirst,
and
commanded
those
who
they
should
go in to
possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
But they and our fathers became
arrogant
and stiff-necked
and did
not
obey
Your commandments .
But they and our fathers dealt
proudly
and hardened
their
neck,
and didn't
listen
to
your commandments ,
They
refused
to
listen
and failed
to remember
the
wonders You performed
among them .
They
stiffened
their necks
and appointed a leader
to return them
to their bondage in
Egypt
. But You are a forgiving
God, gracious and compassionate
, slow to anger and rich
in loving devotion
, and You
did
not
forsake them.
and refused
to obey,
neither
were
mindful
of
your
wonders that
you did
among them ,
but
hardened
their neck,
and in
their
rebellion
appointed a captain
to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready
to
pardon
, gracious and merciful
, slow to anger ,
and abundant
in loving kindness
, and didn't
forsake them.
Even
when they cast
for
themselves
an
image
of
a calf and said, ‘
This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt, ’
and when
they
committed terrible
blasphemies ,
Yes,
when they had
made
them
a molten
calf ,
and said, This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt, and had
committed awful
blasphemies ;
You in Your great
compassion
did
not
forsake them in the wilderness .
By
day
the pillar of cloud never
turned
away
from guiding
them on
their
path;
and
by the night
the pillar of fire illuminated
the way they should go.
yet
you in your manifold
mercies
didn't
forsake them in the wilderness :
the pillar of cloud didn't
depart
from over
them by day,
to
lead
them
in
the way;
neither
the pillar of fire by
night,
to
show
them
light,
and
the way in
which
they should go.
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them .
You
did
not
withhold Your manna from their mouths
, and You
gave them water for their thirst.
You gave also
your good Spirit to instruct them ,
and
didn't
withhold your manna from their mouth
, and gave them water for their thirst.
For
forty years You sustained
them in the wilderness, so
that
they lacked nothing .
Their clothes did
not
wear
out
and their feet did
not
swell.
Yes,
forty years did
you sustain
them in the wilderness, [and]
they lacked nothing ;
their clothes didn't
grow
old,
and their feet didn't
swell.
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and
allotted
to
them
every
corner
of
the
land.
So they took
the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
Moreover
you gave them kingdoms and peoples ,
which
you
did
allot
after
their
portions:
so they possessed
the land of Sihon ,
even
the
land
of
the
king of Heshbon ,
and the
land
of Og king of Bashan.
You
multiplied
their descendants
like
the stars of heaven
and brought them to
the land You had
told
their fathers to enter
and
possess.
Their children
also
multiplied
you
as
the stars of the
sky,
and brought them into
the land concerning
which
you did
say
to
their fathers ,
that
they
should
go
in
to possess it
.
So their
descendants
went in and possessed the land ;
You subdued before them the Canaanites
dwelling
in
the land .
You
delivered
into their hands the
kings and peoples of the land, to
do with them as they wished
.
So the
children
went in and possessed the land ,
and
you subdued before them the inhabitants
of
the land ,
the
Canaanites,
and
gave
them
into their hands ,
with
their
kings ,
and the
peoples of the land, that
they
might
do with them as they would
.
They captured
fortified cities and fertile
land and took
houses full of all goods
, wells
already
dug
, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance .
So they ate and were filled ;
they
grew
fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
They took
fortified cities ,
and a
fat
land ,
and possessed
houses full of all good
things
, cisterns
hewn
out
, vineyards, and
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance :
so they ate ,
and were filled ,
and
became
fat ,
and delighted themselves
in your great goodness.
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.
Nevertheless
they were disobedient ,
and rebelled against you ,
and
cast
your law behind their back,
and
killed your prophets that
testified
against
them to turn
them
again
to you ,
and
they committed awful
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
.
Therefore
you delivered them into the hand
of their
adversaries,
who distressed
them :
and in the
time of their
trouble,
when
they cried to you ,
you heard from
heaven;
and according
to
your manifold
mercies
you gave them saviors
who saved them out
of
the hand
of their adversaries
.
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.
But after
they had rest, they did evil again
before
you ;
therefore
left
you
them in
the hand
of their enemies, so
that
they
had the
dominion over them :
yet
when they returned,
and
cried to you, you heard from heaven ;
and many times did
you
deliver
them
according
to
your mercies,
You admonished
them to
turn
back
to Your law ,
but
they were
arrogant
and disobeyed
Your commandments .
They
sinned against Your ordinances, by
which a man will
live
if
he practices
them .
They
stubbornly
shrugged
their
shoulders;
they
stiffened
their necks
and would not obey
.
and
testified
against
them,
that
you might
bring
them again
to your law .
Yet
they dealt
proudly,
and didn't
listen
to
your commandments ,
but
sinned against your ordinances, (
which if
a man do,
he shall
live
in
them ),
and
withdrew
the
shoulder,
and
hardened
their neck,
and would not hear
.
You were
patient
with them for
many
years
, and Your Spirit admonished
them
through Your prophets .
Yet they
would not listen,
so
You
gave them into the hands
of the neighboring
peoples.
Yet
many
years
did
you bear
with them, and testified
against
them
by
your Spirit through your prophets :
yet would they
not give
ear:
therefore
gave you
them into the hand
of the peoples of
the
lands
.
But
in Your great
compassion,
You did not put
an
end to
them ;
nor did
You
forsake them ,
for You are a gracious and compassionate
God.
Nevertheless
in your manifold
mercies
you did not make
a
full
end of
them ,
nor forsake them ;
for you are a gracious and merciful
God.
So
now, our God, the great and
mighty and awesome God who keeps
His
gracious
covenant, do
not
view
lightly
all the hardship
that has come upon
us, and
upon
our kings and
leaders
, our priests and prophets, our ancestors
and all Your people, from
the days
of the kings of Assyria until
today
.
Now therefore
, our God, the great ,
the
mighty ,
and the
awesome God ,
who keep
covenant and
loving
kindness
, don't
let
all the travail
seem
little
before
you,
that has come on
us, on
our kings, on
our princes,
and
on
our
priests ,
and on
our
prophets, and
on
our fathers,
and on
all your people, since
the time
of the kings of Assyria to
this
day
.
You are just in all that has
befallen
us ,
because
You have acted
faithfully
, while
we have acted
wickedly .
However
you are just in all that is
come
on
us ;
for
you have dealt
truly
, but
we have done
wickedly ;
Our kings and
leaders
and
priests and
fathers did
not
obey
Your law or
listen
to Your commandments and warnings
that
You gave
them.
neither
have
our kings ,
our
princes,
our
priests ,
nor
our
fathers ,
kept
your law ,
nor
listened
to your commandments and your
testimonies
with
which
you did
testify
against
them.
For even
while
they were
in their kingdom, with
the
abundant
goodness that You had
given
them, and in the spacious
and fertile
land that
You had
set
before them, they would
not
serve
You
or
turn
from their wicked ways
.
For they have
not
served
you
in their kingdom, and
in
your
great
goodness that you gave
them, and in the large
and fat
land which
you gave
before them, neither
turned
they from their wicked works
.
So
here
we are today
as slaves
in
the land You gave our fathers to enjoy
its
fruit and goodness—
here
we are as
slaves!
Behold,
we are servants
this
day,
and
as for
the land that
you gave to
our fathers to eat
the
fruit of
it
and the
good
of
it,
behold,
we are servants
in
it.
Its
abundant
harvest
goes
to the kings You have set over us because of our sins .
And
they rule
over our bodies and our livestock
as
they
please.
We are in great distress.
It
yields
much
increase
to the kings whom
you have set over us because of our sins :
also
they have
power
over our bodies ,
and over
our cattle,
at
their
pleasure,
and
we are in great distress.
In
view
of
all this ,
we make a binding
agreement
, putting
it
in
writing
and sealing
it with
the
names
of
our leaders
, Levites, and priests. ”
Yet
for
all this we make a sure
covenant
, and write
it ;
and
our princes
, our
Levites, [
and ]
our
priests ,
seal
to
it
.
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