Ezra 9 (TFTU)

1 Some time later, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many Israelis, and even some priests and other men who are descendants of Levi who work in the temple, have not kept themselves from doing what the other people who are living in this land do. They are practicing the detestable things that the Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, and Amor people-groups, and the people from Moab and Egypt do. 2 Specifically, some Israeli men have married women who are not Israelis, and they have allowed their sons to do the same thing. So we, God’s sacred people, have become ◄contaminated/polluted in God’s sight►. And some of our leaders and officials have been the first/worst ones to do this.” 3 When I heard that, I became very angry, with the result that I tore my clothes and tore some hair from my head and from my beard. Then I sat down, very shocked/dismayed. The Israelis knew that God had warned us that he would punish us if we disobeyed what he had said to us about marrying women who are not Israelis. 4 So many of the Israelis trembled/were afraid when they heard that some of those who had returned from Babylonia had sinned by disobeying the God of us Israelis like that. They came and sat with me until it was time to offer the evening sacrifices of grain. 5 When it was time to offer those sacrifices, I was still sitting there, wearing those torn clothes and mourning/sad. I stood up, and then I quickly prostrated myself on the ground. I lifted up my hands to Yahweh, my God, 6 and this is what I prayed:“Yahweh my God, I am very ashamed to raise my head in front of you. The sins that we Israelis have committed are very great; it is as though they have risen up higher than our heads, and our guilt for committing those sins, it is as though it rises up to the heavens. 7 Since the time that our ancestors lived until now, we have been very guilty. That is the reason that we and our kings and our priests have been defeated by the armies of the kings of other lands. They killed some of our people, they captured some, they robbed some, and they caused them all to be disgraced, just like we are today. 8 “But now, Yahweh God, you have been very kind to us. You have allowed some of us to ◄survive/continue to live►. You have revived our spirits [IDM] and allowed us to escape from being slaves in Babylonia and to return safely [IDM] to live in this sacred place. 9 We were slaves, but you did not abandon us. Instead, because you faithfully love us, you caused the kings of Persia to be very kind to us. You have allowed us to continue to live and to rebuild your temple which had been completely destroyed. You have allowed us to start to live safely here in Jerusalem and in other towns in Judah. 10 “Our God, what more can we say now [RHQ]? In spite of all that you have done for us, we have disobeyed your commands. 11 They are commands that you gave to your servants, the prophets, to tell to us. They said that the land that we would occupy was polluted because of the detestable/disgusting things that were done by the people who lived there. They said that in the land there were people from one end to the other who did immoral/shameful things. 12 They said, ‘Do not allow your daughters to marry their sons! Do not allow your sons to marry their daughters! Do not even try to cause things to go well for those people-groups! If you obey these instructions, your nation will be strong, and you will enjoy the good crops that grow on the land, and the land will belong to your descendants forever.’ 13 “You punished us because we were very guilty for having done wicked things. But you have not punished us as much as we deserve to be punished. I say this because you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive. 14 However, some of us are again disobeying your commands, and we are marrying women who do those detestable things. If we continue to do that, surely you will get rid of all of us [RHQ], with the result that none of us will remain alive. 15 Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship/belong to, you are fair/just. We are guilty. We are only a few people who have escaped from Babylonia, but we pray to you, even though we do not deserve to stand in your presence.”

In Other Versions

Ezra 9 in the ANGEFD

Ezra 9 in the ANTPNG2D

Ezra 9 in the AS21

Ezra 9 in the BAGH

Ezra 9 in the BBPNG

Ezra 9 in the BBT1E

Ezra 9 in the BDS

Ezra 9 in the BEV

Ezra 9 in the BHAD

Ezra 9 in the BIB

Ezra 9 in the BLPT

Ezra 9 in the BNT

Ezra 9 in the BNTABOOT

Ezra 9 in the BNTLV

Ezra 9 in the BOATCB

Ezra 9 in the BOATCB2

Ezra 9 in the BOBCV

Ezra 9 in the BOCNT

Ezra 9 in the BOECS

Ezra 9 in the BOGWICC

Ezra 9 in the BOHCB

Ezra 9 in the BOHCV

Ezra 9 in the BOHLNT

Ezra 9 in the BOHNTLTAL

Ezra 9 in the BOICB

Ezra 9 in the BOILNTAP

Ezra 9 in the BOITCV

Ezra 9 in the BOKCV

Ezra 9 in the BOKCV2

Ezra 9 in the BOKHWOG

Ezra 9 in the BOKSSV

Ezra 9 in the BOLCB

Ezra 9 in the BOLCB2

Ezra 9 in the BOMCV

Ezra 9 in the BONAV

Ezra 9 in the BONCB

Ezra 9 in the BONLT

Ezra 9 in the BONUT2

Ezra 9 in the BOPLNT

Ezra 9 in the BOSCB

Ezra 9 in the BOSNC

Ezra 9 in the BOTLNT

Ezra 9 in the BOVCB

Ezra 9 in the BOYCB

Ezra 9 in the BPBB

Ezra 9 in the BPH

Ezra 9 in the BSB

Ezra 9 in the CCB

Ezra 9 in the CUV

Ezra 9 in the CUVS

Ezra 9 in the DBT

Ezra 9 in the DGDNT

Ezra 9 in the DHNT

Ezra 9 in the DNT

Ezra 9 in the ELBE

Ezra 9 in the EMTV

Ezra 9 in the ESV

Ezra 9 in the FBV

Ezra 9 in the FEB

Ezra 9 in the GGMNT

Ezra 9 in the GNT

Ezra 9 in the HARY

Ezra 9 in the HNT

Ezra 9 in the IRVA

Ezra 9 in the IRVB

Ezra 9 in the IRVG

Ezra 9 in the IRVH

Ezra 9 in the IRVK

Ezra 9 in the IRVM

Ezra 9 in the IRVM2

Ezra 9 in the IRVO

Ezra 9 in the IRVP

Ezra 9 in the IRVT

Ezra 9 in the IRVT2

Ezra 9 in the IRVU

Ezra 9 in the ISVN

Ezra 9 in the JSNT

Ezra 9 in the KAPI

Ezra 9 in the KBT1ETNIK

Ezra 9 in the KBV

Ezra 9 in the KJV

Ezra 9 in the KNFD

Ezra 9 in the LBA

Ezra 9 in the LBLA

Ezra 9 in the LNT

Ezra 9 in the LSV

Ezra 9 in the MAAL

Ezra 9 in the MBV

Ezra 9 in the MBV2

Ezra 9 in the MHNT

Ezra 9 in the MKNFD

Ezra 9 in the MNG

Ezra 9 in the MNT

Ezra 9 in the MNT2

Ezra 9 in the MRS1T

Ezra 9 in the NAA

Ezra 9 in the NASB

Ezra 9 in the NBLA

Ezra 9 in the NBS

Ezra 9 in the NBVTP

Ezra 9 in the NET2

Ezra 9 in the NIV11

Ezra 9 in the NNT

Ezra 9 in the NNT2

Ezra 9 in the NNT3

Ezra 9 in the PDDPT

Ezra 9 in the PFNT

Ezra 9 in the RMNT

Ezra 9 in the SBIAS

Ezra 9 in the SBIBS

Ezra 9 in the SBIBS2

Ezra 9 in the SBICS

Ezra 9 in the SBIDS

Ezra 9 in the SBIGS

Ezra 9 in the SBIHS

Ezra 9 in the SBIIS

Ezra 9 in the SBIIS2

Ezra 9 in the SBIIS3

Ezra 9 in the SBIKS

Ezra 9 in the SBIKS2

Ezra 9 in the SBIMS

Ezra 9 in the SBIOS

Ezra 9 in the SBIPS

Ezra 9 in the SBISS

Ezra 9 in the SBITS

Ezra 9 in the SBITS2

Ezra 9 in the SBITS3

Ezra 9 in the SBITS4

Ezra 9 in the SBIUS

Ezra 9 in the SBIVS

Ezra 9 in the SBT

Ezra 9 in the SBT1E

Ezra 9 in the SCHL

Ezra 9 in the SNT

Ezra 9 in the SUSU

Ezra 9 in the SUSU2

Ezra 9 in the SYNO

Ezra 9 in the TBIAOTANT

Ezra 9 in the TBT1E

Ezra 9 in the TBT1E2

Ezra 9 in the TFTIP

Ezra 9 in the TGNTATF3T

Ezra 9 in the THAI

Ezra 9 in the TNFD

Ezra 9 in the TNT

Ezra 9 in the TNTIK

Ezra 9 in the TNTIL

Ezra 9 in the TNTIN

Ezra 9 in the TNTIP

Ezra 9 in the TNTIZ

Ezra 9 in the TOMA

Ezra 9 in the TTENT

Ezra 9 in the UBG

Ezra 9 in the UGV

Ezra 9 in the UGV2

Ezra 9 in the UGV3

Ezra 9 in the VBL

Ezra 9 in the VDCC

Ezra 9 in the YALU

Ezra 9 in the YAPE

Ezra 9 in the YBVTP

Ezra 9 in the ZBP