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Ezra 9:3-4

Listen to Ezra 9:3-4
3 When I heard about this matter, I 1tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and 2sat down appalled.
4 Then 3everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until 4the evening offering.

Ezra 9:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 9

Ezra being informed, by some of the princes who complained unto him, of the marriages of many of the Israelites with the people of the land, the Canaanites and others, was greatly grieved and distressed, Ezr 9:1-5, upon which he made a confession of their sins to God, with great shame, sorrow, and contrition, and deprecated the evils which they deserved, Ezr 9:6-15.

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Cross References 4

  • 1. 2 Kings 18:37
  • 2. Nehemiah 1:4
  • 3. Ezra 10:3; Isaiah 66:2
  • 4. Exodus 29:39
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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