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Ezra 9:8-15

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8 "But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, 1to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a 2peg in His holy place, that our God may 3enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.
9 "4For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but 5has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 "Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,
11 which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and 6with their impurity.
12 'So now do not 7give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and 8never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and 9leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever *.'
13 "After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and 10our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us 11an escaped remnant as this,
14 12shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? 13Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape?
15 "O LORD God of Israel, 14You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in 15our guilt, for 16no one can stand before You because of this."
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Ezra 9:8-15 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 16

  • 1. Ezra 9:13-15
  • 2. Isaiah 22:23
  • 3. Psalms 13:3
  • 4. Nehemiah 9:36
  • 5. Ezra 7:28
  • 6. Ezra 6:21
  • 7. Exodus 34:15, 16; Deuteronomy 7:3; Ezra 9:2
  • 8. Deuteronomy 23:6
  • 9. Proverbs 13:22
  • 10. Ezra 9:6, 7
  • 11. Ezra 9:8
  • 12. Ezra 9:2
  • 13. Deuteronomy 9:8, 14
  • 14. Nehemiah 9:33; Daniel 9:7
  • 15. Ezra 9:6
  • 16. Job 9:2; Psalms 130:3

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "of these abominations"
  • [b] Lit "to destroy"
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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