Verse 9
Ezra 9:9
King James Version
9
For we
were bondmen; yet our God (Elohim) 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 (Elohim), and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי עֲבָדִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וּ/בְ/עַבְדֻ֔תֵ/נוּ לֹ֥א עֲזָבָ֖/נוּ אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ וַֽ/יַּט עָלֵ֣י/נוּ חֶ֡סֶד לִ/פְנֵי֩ מַלְכֵ֨י פָרַ֜ס לָֽ/תֶת לָ֣/נוּ מִֽחְיָ֗ה לְ/רוֹמֵ֞ם אֶת בֵּ֤ית אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ וּ/לְ/הַעֲמִ֣יד אֶת חָרְבֹתָ֔י/ו וְ/לָֽ/תֶת לָ֣/נוּ גָדֵ֔ר בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֖ה וּ/בִ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם
English Translation
For we are servants, and we have not forsaken our God, and He has extended kindness to us before the kings of Persia, to give us life, to raise up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins and to provide us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Chapter 9 Context
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And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle,...
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And said, O my God (Elohim), I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God (Elohim): for...
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7
Since the days of our fathers
have we
been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities...
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8
And now for a little space grace hath been
shewed from the LORD our God (Elohim), to leave us a remn...
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9
For we
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11
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to posses...
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Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons,...
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And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou...
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14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?...
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O LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, thou
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