Ezra 9:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 9:7

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.

8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may ^aenlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.

9 ^aFor we were slaves. ^bYet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but ^cHe extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us ^da wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

11 which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the ^auncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their impurity.

12 Now therefore, ^ado not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and ^bnever seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and ^cleave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’

13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God ^ahave punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this,

14 should we ^aagain break Your commandments, and ^bjoin in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be ^cangry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor?

15 O Lord God of Israel, ^aYou are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. ^bHere we are before You, ^cin our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”

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American Standard Version
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Amplified® Bible
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty; and for our willfulness we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, captivity, plundering, and utter shame, as it is today.

Contemporary English Version
Since the time of our ancestors, all of us have sinned. That's why we, our kings, and our priests have often been defeated by other kings. They have killed some of us and made slaves of others; they have taken our possessions and made us ashamed, just as we are today.

Darby English Version
Since the days of our fathers, we have been in great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Good News Bible
From the days of our ancestors until now, we, your people, have sinned greatly. Because of our sins we, our kings, and our priests have fallen into the hands of foreign kings, and we have been slaughtered, robbed, and carried away as prisoners. We have been totally disgraced, as we still are today.

King James Version
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

New American Standard Bible
"Since the days of our fathers to this day we {have been} in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings {and} our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as {it is} this day.

New International Version
From the days of our forefathers until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.

New King James Version
Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Since the days of our fathers to this day we have lived in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have fallen into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it seems this day.

Revised Standard Version
From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as at this day.

Young's Literal Translation
`From the days of our fathers we `are' in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given -- we, our kings, our priests -- into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as `at' this day.

New English Translation
From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and¹ priests, have been delivered over by the local kings² to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment – right up to the present time.

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