Ezra 9:4-5

4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

5 Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the LORD my God

Ezra 9:4-5 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.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 10:3; Psalms 119:120; Isaiah 66:2,5
• 2. Nehemiah 1:4; Psalms 119:136; Daniel 10:2
• 3. S Exodus 29:41
• 4. Nehemiah 8:6; Psalms 28:2; Psalms 134:2