Ezra 9:7

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	מִימֵ֣י mi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ 'a.vo.Tei.nu	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
great	גְדֹלָ֔ה ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
trespass	בְּאַשְׁמָ֣ה be.'ash.Mah	H819	guiltiness · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	הַיּ֣וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
iniquities	וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ u.va.'a.vo.no.Tei.nu	H5771	perversity · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
kings	מְלָכֵ֨ינוּ me.la.Khei.nu	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
priests	כֹהֲנֵ֜ינוּ kho.ha.Nei.nu	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
delivered	נִתַּ֡נּוּ ni.Ta.nu	H5414	to give · verb, niphal perfect, 1st person common plural
hand	בְּיַ֣ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
kings	מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine plural construct
lands	הָאֲרָצ֗וֹת ha.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
sword	בַּחֶ֜רֶב ba.Che.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
captivity	בַּשְּׁבִ֧י ba.she.Vi	H7628	exiled · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
spoil	וּבַבִּזָּ֛ה u.vab.bi.Zah	H961	booty · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
confusion	וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת u.ve.Vo.shet	H1322	shame (the feeling and the condition · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
face	פָּנִ֖ים pa.Nim	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
day	כְּהַיּ֥וֹם ke.hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away t…
Daniel 9:5-8 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy jud…
Leviticus 26:14-46 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Numbers 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:25-28 When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make…
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statut…
Deuteronomy 29:22-28 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, w…
Deuteronomy 30:17-19 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 9:6

I am ashamed and blush - God had been so often provoked, and had so often pardoned them, and they had continued to transgress, that he was ashamed to go back again to the throne of grace to ask for mercy in their behalf. This is the genuine feeling of every reawakened backslider.

John Gill on Ezra 9:7

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day,.... The sins they were guilty of had been long continued in, which was an aggravation of them: and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands; the ten tribes and their king into the hand of the king of Assyria, the kings of Judah, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, into the hands of the king of Babylon, with the priests and people: to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil; some were slain with the sword, others carried captive, and the houses of them all plundered and spoiled: and to confusion of face, as it is this day; being filled with sham…

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).
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Punishment of — Punishment of
Captivity · As a — As a
Repentance · Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion — Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion
Sword, The · Often sent as a punishment — Often sent as a punishment

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 9:7

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 9:6

John Gill on Ezra 9:7

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 9:7

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 9:6

John Gill on Ezra 9:7

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 9:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 9:7

Rashi on Ezra 9:7