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| 9:1 | Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. |
| 9:2 | For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. |
| 9:3 | And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. |
| 9:4 | Then 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. |
| 9:5 | And 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, |
| 9:6 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 9:8 | And 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. |
| 9:9 | For we were bondmen; yet our God 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, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. |
| 9:10 | And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, |
| 9:11 | Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. |
| 9:12 | Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. |
| 9:13 | And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; |
| 9:14 | Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? |
| 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. |
| 9:1 | וככלות אלה נגשׁו אלי השׂרים לאמר לא נבדלו העם ישׂראל והכהנים והלוים מעמי הארצות כתועבתיהם לכנעני החתי הפרזי היבוסי העמני המאבי המצרי והאמרי׃ |
| 9:2 | כי נשׂאו מבנתיהם להם ולבניהם והתערבו זרע הקדשׁ בעמי הארצות ויד השׂרים והסגנים היתה במעל הזה ראשׁונה׃ |
| 9:3 | וכשׁמעי את הדבר הזה קרעתי את בגדי ומעילי ואמרטה משׂער ראשׁי וזקני ואשׁבה משׁומם׃ |
| 9:4 | ואלי יאספו כל חרד בדברי אלהי ישׂראל על מעל הגולה ואני ישׁב משׁומם עד למנחת הערב׃ |
| 9:5 | ובמנחת הערב קמתי מתעניתי ובקרעי בגדי ומעילי ואכרעה על ברכי ואפרשׂה כפי אל יהוה אלהי׃ |
| 9:6 | ואמרה אלהי בשׁתי ונכלמתי להרים אלהי פני אליך כי עונתינו רבו למעלה ראשׁ ואשׁמתנו גדלה עד לשׁמים׃ |
| 9:7 | מימי אבתינו אנחנו באשׁמה גדלה עד היום הזה ובעונתינו נתנו אנחנו מלכינו כהנינו ביד מלכי הארצות בחרב בשׁבי ובבזה ובבשׁת פנים כהיום הזה׃ |
| 9:8 | ועתה כמעט רגע היתה תחנה מאת יהוה אלהינו להשׁאיר לנו פליטה ולתת לנו יתד במקום קדשׁו להאיר עינינו אלהינו ולתתנו מחיה מעט בעבדתנו׃ |
| 9:9 | כי עבדים אנחנו ובעבדתנו לא עזבנו אלהינו ויט עלינו חסד לפני מלכי פרס לתת לנו מחיה לרומם את בית אלהינו ולהעמיד את חרבתיו ולתת לנו גדר ביהודה ובירושׁלם׃ |
| 9:10 | ועתה מה נאמר אלהינו אחרי זאת כי עזבנו מצותיך׃ |
| 9:11 | אשׁר צוית ביד עבדיך הנביאים לאמר הארץ אשׁר אתם באים לרשׁתה ארץ נדה היא בנדת עמי הארצות בתועבתיהם אשׁר מלאוה מפה אל פה בטמאתם׃ |
| 9:12 | ועתה בנותיכם אל תתנו לבניהם ובנתיהם אל תשׂאו לבניכם ולא תדרשׁו שׁלמם וטובתם עד עולם למען תחזקו ואכלתם את טוב הארץ והורשׁתם לבניכם עד עולם׃ |
| 9:13 | ואחרי כל הבא עלינו במעשׂינו הרעים ובאשׁמתנו הגדלה כי אתה אלהינו חשׂכת למטה מעוננו ונתתה לנו פליטה כזאת׃ |
| 9:14 | הנשׁוב להפר מצותיך ולהתחתן בעמי התעבות האלה הלוא תאנף בנו עד כלה לאין שׁארית ופליטה׃ |
| 9:15 | יהוה אלהי ישׂראל צדיק אתה כי נשׁארנו פליטה כהיום הזה הננו לפניך באשׁמתינו כי אין לעמוד לפניך על זאת׃ |
| 9:1 | And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite, |
| 9:2 | for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.' |
| 9:3 | And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished, |
| 9:4 | and unto me are gathered every one trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the removal, and I am sitting astonished till the present of the evening. |
| 9:5 | And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God, |
| 9:6 | and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens. |
| 9:7 | `From the days of our fathers we `are' in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given -- we, our kings, our priests -- into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as `at' this day. |
| 9:8 | `And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude; |
| 9:9 | for servants we `are', and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. |
| 9:10 | `And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands, |
| 9:11 | that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, `is' a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it -- from mouth unto mouth -- by their uncleanness; |
| 9:12 | and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age. |
| 9:13 | `And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this), |
| 9:14 | do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us -- even to consumption -- till there is no remnant and escaped part? |
| 9:15 | `O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous `art' Thou, for we have been left an escape, as `it is' this day; lo, we `are' before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.' |
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