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Ezra 9:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezra 9:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ezra’s Reaction. 3 (A)When I had heard this, I tore my cloak and my mantle, plucked hair from my head and beard, and sat there devastated. 4 (B)Around me gathered all who were in dread of the sentence of the God of Israel[a] on the apostasy of the exiles, while I remained devastated until the evening sacrifice. 5 Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice, I rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the Lord, my God.
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- 9:4 All who were in dread…God of Israel: lit., “all who trembled”; these people are also mentioned at 10:3, and a similar designation occurs at Is 66:2, 5, a text more or less contemporary with this passage. The allusion may be to a distinct social group of rigorist tendencies who supported Ezra’s marriage reform.
Ezra 9:3-5
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Ezra 9:3-5
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3 When I heard this, I tore(A) my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.(B) 4 Then everyone who trembled(C) at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles. And I sat there appalled(D) until the evening sacrifice.
5 Then, at the evening sacrifice,(E) I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands(F) spread out to the Lord my God
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