Ezra 9:15

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֞ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
righteous	צַדִּ֣יק tza.Dik	H6662	just · adjective, masculine singular absolute
remain	נִשְׁאַ֥רְנוּ nish.'Ar.nu	H7604	properly · verb, niphal perfect, 1st person common plural
escaped	פְלֵיטָ֖ה fe.lei.Tah	H6413	deliverance · noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	כְּהַיּ֣וֹם ke.hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
before	לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
trespasses	בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ be.'ash.ma.Tei.nu	H819	guiltiness · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
stand	לַעֲמ֛וֹד la.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
before	לְפָנֶ֖יךָ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John 8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the worl…
Nehemiah 9:33-34 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Zechariah 3:3-4 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the…
Job 9:2-3 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

What the meditations of Ezra's heart were, while for some hours he sat down astonished, we may guess by the words of his mouth when at length he spoke with his tongue; and a most pathetic address he here makes to Heaven upon this occasion. Observe, I. The time when he made this address - at the evening sacrifice, Ezr 9:5. Then (it is likely) devout people used to come into the courts of the temple, to grace the solemnity of the sacrifice and to offer up their own prayers to God in concurrence with it. In their hearing Ezra chose to make this confession, that they might be made duly sensible of the sins of their people, which hitherto they had either not taken notice of or had made light of.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

PRAYS TO GOD. (Ezr 9:5-15) I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure. God had begun to show returning favor to Israel by the restoration of some. But this only aggravated their sin, that, so soon after their re-establishment in their native land, they openly violated the express and repeated precepts which commanded them to extirpate the Canaanites. Such conduct, he exclaimed, could issue on…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:15

Thou art righteous - Thou art merciful; this is one of the many meanings of the word צדק tsedek; and to this meaning St. Paul refers, when he says, God declares his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, Rom 3:25 (note). See the note there. We remain yet escaped - Because of this righteousness or mercy. In our trespasses - We have no righteousness; we are clothed and covered with our trespasses. We cannot stand before thee because of this - The parallel place, as noted in the margin, is Psa 130:3 : If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Every man must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ: but who shall stand there with joy? No man against whom…

Dictionary and topics

Confession — (1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).
God · Is declared to be: Righteous — Is declared to be: Righteous
Repentance · Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion — Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion
Righteousness Of God, The · Saints: Acknowledge, in his dealings — Saints: Acknowledge, in his dealings

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 9:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:15

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 9:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:15

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezra 9:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 9:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 9:15

Rashi on Ezra 9:15