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Selected Verse: Ezra 9:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 9:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Since the days [03117] of our fathers [01] have we been in a great [01419] trespass [0819] unto this day [03117]; and for our iniquities [05771] have we, our kings [04428], and our priests [03548], been delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the kings [04428] of the lands [0776], to the sword [02719], to captivity [07628], and to a spoil [0961], and to confusion [01322] of face [06440], as it is this day [03117]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Very similar in tone to this are the confessions of Nehemiah Neh 9:29-35 and of Daniel (see the marginal references). The captivity had done its work by deeply convincing of sin the Jewish nation that had previously been so proud and self-righteous. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Have we been - We are not purged from the guilt of our fathers sins, but we are still feeling the sad effects of them; yea, and are repeating the same sins. |
29 And testifiedst [05749] against them, that thou mightest bring them again [07725] unto thy law [08451]: yet they dealt proudly [02102], and hearkened [08085] not unto thy commandments [04687], but sinned [02398] against thy judgments [04941], (which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall live [02421] in them;) and withdrew [05414] [05637] the shoulder [03802], and hardened [07185] their neck [06203], and would not hear [08085].
30 Yet many [07227] years [08141] didst thou forbear [04900] them, and testifiedst [05749] against them by thy spirit [07307] in [03027] thy prophets [05030]: yet would they not give ear [0238]: therefore gavest [05414] thou them into the hand [03027] of the people [05971] of the lands [0776].
31 Nevertheless for thy great [07227] mercies [07356]' sake thou didst [06213] not utterly consume [03617] them, nor forsake [05800] them; for thou art a gracious [02587] and merciful [07349] God [0410].
32 Now therefore, our God [0430], the great [01419], the mighty [01368], and the terrible [03372] God [0410], who keepest [08104] covenant [01285] and mercy [02617], let not all the trouble [08513] seem little [04591] before [06440] thee, that hath come [04672] upon us, on our kings [04428], on our princes [08269], and on our priests [03548], and on our prophets [05030], and on our fathers [01], and on all thy people [05971], since the time [03117] of the kings [04428] of Assyria [0804] unto this day [03117].
33 Howbeit thou art just [06662] in all that is brought [0935] upon us; for thou hast done [06213] right [0571], but we have done wickedly [07561]:
34 Neither have our kings [04428], our princes [08269], our priests [03548], nor our fathers [01], kept [06213] thy law [08451], nor hearkened [07181] unto thy commandments [04687] and thy testimonies [05715], wherewith thou didst testify [05749] against them.
35 For they have not served [05647] thee in their kingdom [04438], and in thy great [07227] goodness [02898] that thou gavest [05414] them, and in the large [07342] and fat [08082] land [0776] which thou gavest [05414] before [06440] them, neither turned [07725] they from their wicked [07451] works [04611].