Ezra 9:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 9:3

Intermarriage with Pagans

1 When these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not ^aseparated themselves from the peoples of the lands, ^bwith respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

2 For they have ^ataken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the ^bholy seed is ^cmixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this¹ trespass.”

3 So when I heard this thing, ^aI tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down ^bastonished.

4 Then everyone who ^atrembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away captive, and I sat astonished until the ^bevening sacrifice.

5 At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and ^aspread out my hands to the Lord my God.

6 And I said: “O my God, I am too ^aashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for ^bour iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has ^cgrown up to the heavens.

7 Since the days of our fathers to this day ^awe have been very guilty, and for our iniquities ^bwe, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the ^csword, to captivity, to plunder, and to ^dhumiliation, as it is this day.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 9:3

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American Standard Version
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

Amplified® Bible
When I heard this, I rent my undergarment and my mantle, I pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

Contemporary English Version
This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock

Darby English Version
And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed.

Good News Bible
When I heard this, I tore my clothes in despair, tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with grief.

King James Version
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

New American Standard Bible
When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled.

New International Version
When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

New King James Version
So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled

Revised Standard Version
When I heard this, I rent my garments and my mantle, and pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat appalled.

Young's Literal Translation
And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,

New English Translation
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

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