1 Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers
5 He prays unto God, with confession of sins

the princes 10:8 Jer 26:10,16

have not separated 6:21,22 10:10,11 Ex 33:16 Nu 23:9 Ne 9:2 13:3 Isa 52:11 2Co 6:14-18

doing according Le 18:3,24-30 De 12:30,31 18:9 2Ch 33:2 Ps 106:35 Ro 2:17-25

of the Canaanites Ge 15:16,19-21 Ex 23:23 De 20:17,18

Ammonites De 23:3-5 1Ki 11:1,5-7 Ne 4:3,7 13:1-3

Moabites Nu 25:1-3

2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

taken of their 10:18-44 Ex 34:16 De 7:1-4 Ne 13:23,24 Mal 2:11

the holy seed Ex 19:6 22:31 De 7:6 14:2 Isa 6:13 Mal 2:15 1Co 7:14

mingled Ge 6:2 Ne 13:3,23,24 2Co 6:14

the hand 10:18-44 Ne 13:4,17,28

3 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.

rent Jos 7:6 2Ki 18:37 19:1 Job 1:20 Jer 36:24

off Le 21:5 Ne 13:25 Isa 15:2 Jer 7:29 48:37,38 Eze 7:18 Mic 1:16

sat Ne 1:4 Job 2:12,13 Ps 66:3 143:4 Eze 3:15 Da 4:19 8:27

4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

trembled 10:3 2Ch 34:27 Ps 119:136 Isa 66:2 Eze 9:4

until Ex 29:39 Da 9:21 Ac 3:1

5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

heaviness. or, affliction. I fell 2Ch 6:13 Ps 95:6 Lu 22:41 Ac 21:5 Eph 3:14

spread Ex 9:29,33 1Ki 8:22,38,54 Ps 141:2 143:6 Isa 1:15

6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

I am ashamed Job 40:4 42:6 Jer 3:3,24,25 6:15 8:12 31:19 Eze 16:63 Da 9:7,8 Ro 6:21

our iniquities Ge 13:13 Ps 38:4 Isa 1:18 59:12

trespass. or, guiltiness. grown up 2Ch 28:9 Lu 15:21 Re 18:5

7 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.

Since the days Nu 32:14 2Ch 29:6 30:7 Ne 9:32-34 Ps 106:6,7 La 5:7 Da 9:5-8 Zec 1:4,5 Mt 23:30-33 Ac 7:51,52

for our iniquities Le 26:14 De 4:25-28 28:15 29:22-28 30:17-19 31:20-22 32:15-28 1Sa 12:15 1Ki 9:6-9 Ne 9:30

into the hand 2Ki 17:5-8 18:9-12 24:1-4 2Ch 36:16-19 Ne 9:36,37 Da 9:11-14

to confusion Da 9:7,8

as it is this day Ne 9:32 Jer 25:18 44:22

8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

little space. Heb. moment. grace hath 9 Ne 1:11 9:31 Hab 3:2

a remnant 14 2Ki 19:4,30,31 Isa 1:9 Jer 42:2 44:14 Eze 6:8,9 14:22 Zec 8:6 Zec 8:12 Ro 9:27 11:5,6

a nail. or a pin. i.e. a constant and sure abode Ec 12:11 Isa 22:23-25 Zec 10:4

in his holy place Isa 56:5 Re 3:12

lighten 1Sa 14:27,29 Job 33:30 Ps 13:3 34:5

reviving Ps 85:6 138:7 Isa 57:15 Eze 37:11-14 Ho 6:2

9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

we were bondmen Ne 9:36,37

yet our God Ps 106:45,46 136:23,24 Eze 11:16

in the sight 1:1-4,7-11 6:1-12 7:6,8,11-28

to set up 6:14,15 Hag 1:9 Zec 4:6-10

repair. Heb. set up. a wall (Or rather, a hedge or fence, gader, such as were made for sheep-folds.) Isa 5:2,5 Da 9:25 Zec 2:5

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

what shall we say Ge 44:16 Jos 7:8 La 3:22 Da 9:4-16 Ro 3:19

11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

by thy servants. Heb. by the hand of thy servants. The land 1 Le 18:24-30 De 12:31 18:12 2Ch 33:2

the filthiness 6:21 Eze 36:25-27 2Co 7:1

one end to another. Heb. mouth to mouth 2Ki 21:16

12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

give not Ex 23:32 34:16 De 7:3 Jos 23:12,13

nor seek their peace De 23:6 2Ch 19:2 2Jo 1:10,11

that ye may De 6:1,2 Jos 1:6-9

and eat Isa 1:19

and leave it Ge 18:18,19 Ps 112:1,2 Pr 13:22 20:7

13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

after all Ne 9:32 Eze 24:13,14 Ga 3:4

hast punished, etc. Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities. less Ps 103:10 La 3:22,39,40 Hab 3:2

hast given us Ps 106:45,46

14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

we again Joh 5:14 Ro 6:1 2Pe 2:20,21

join in 2 Ex 23:32 Jud 2:2 Ne 13:23-27

wouldest not thou Ex 32:10 Nu 16:21,45 De 9:8,14

no remnant 8 De 32:26,27 Isa 1:9 Jer 46:28 Eze 6:8

15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

thou art righteous Ne 9:33,34 Da 9:7-11,14 Ro 10:3

for we remain La 3:22,23

in our trespasses Isa 64:6,7 Eze 33:10 Zec 3:3,4 Joh 8:21,24 1Co 15:17

we cannot Job 9:2,3 Ps 130:3 143:2 Ro 3:19