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Ezra 9:4-6
New English Translation

4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe[a] gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile.[b] Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement,[c] with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God. 6 I prayed:[d]

“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:4 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
  2. Ezra 9:4 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. Ezra 9:5 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.
  4. Ezra 9:6 tn Heb “I said.”
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