Ezra 9:8-15

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

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"

Ezra 9:8-15

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Ezra 9:8-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 9

Cross References 16

Footnotes 2