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9 : 1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said,The people of Israel and the priests and theLevites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the landswith their abominations, from theCanaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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9 : 2 For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that theholy racehasmixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.
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9 : 3 As soon as I heard this, Itore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard andsat appalled.
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9 : 4 Then all whotrembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I satappalled until the evening sacrifice.
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9 : 5 And at theevening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garmentand my cloak torn, and fell upon my kneesand spread out my hands to theLordmy God,
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9 : 6 saying:O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquitieshave risen higher than our heads, and ourguilt hasmounted up to the heavens.
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9 : 7 From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in greatguilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering,and to utter shame, as it is today.
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9 : 8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by theLordour God, to leave us aremnant and to give us asecure holdwithin his holy place, that our God maybrighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.
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9 : 9 For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery,but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protectionin Judea and Jerusalem.
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9 : 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
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9 : 11 which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying,The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end withtheir uncleanness.
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9 : 12 Therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the landand leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
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9 : 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and forour great guilt, seeing that you, ourGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such aremnant as this,
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9 : 14 shall we break your commandments again andintermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with usuntil you consumed us, so that there should be noremnant, nor any to escape?
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9 : 15 OLord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left aremnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in ourguilt,for none can stand before you because of this.
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