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Ezra 9:6 KJV
Ezra · chapter 9 · verse 6
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.Ezra 9:6 · King James Version
Ezra 9:6 in context
4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7Since 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.
8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- iniquitiesʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- increasedrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- trespassʼashmâhguiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offeringH819 →
- ashamedbûwshproperly, to paleH954 →
- blushkâlamproperly, to woundH3637 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-15