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Ezra 9

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According to verse 1, the leaders came to Ezra and said, the people and the priests have not separated themselves from the people of the land, with respect to the abominations of which groups of people?
the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites
According to verse 2, they had taken the daughters of the people of the land for wives for them and their sons, so that the people of those lands are mixed with what?
holy seed
According to verse 3, what did Ezra do when he heard that the Israelites were taking the daughters of the land?
he tore his garment and his robe, plucked out some of the hair on his head and beard, and sat down astonished
According to verse 4, everyone who trembled at the words of the Lord assembled to Ezra, because of their transgressions, and Ezra sat down astonished until what?
the evening sacrifice
Fill in the blanks from verse 5, At the evening sacrifice, I arose from my ____, and having torn my garment and my ___, I fell on my knees and spread out my ___ to the Lord my God.
fasting, robe, hands
According to verse 6, Ezra is too ____ and ____ to lift his face to God because of the Israelite's iniquities.
ashamed and humiliated
Fill in the blanks from verse 6, for our iniquities have risen higher than our _______, and our guilt has grown up to the ____.
heads, heavens
According to verse 7, For their iniquities, the kings, and the priests have been delivered into the hand of what?
to the kings of the lands, the sword, captivity, plunder, and to humiliation
According to verse 8, for a little while God had shown the Israelites grace, to give them a remnant to escape and a what in His holy place?
peg
Fill in the blanks from verse 8, that our God may _____ our eyes and give us a measure of ____ in our bondage.
enlighten, revival
According to verse 9, they were slaves, but God extended mercy to them in the eyes of the kings of Persia, to what?
revive them, repair the house of God, rebuild its ruins, and and give them a wall in Judah and Jerusalem
According to verse 10, they had forsaken God's _____
commandments
According to verse 11, what did God basically tell the people through the prophets?
this land you're taking is unclean and full of impurity
According to verse 12, what did God tell the people through the prophets to do?
don't give your daughters as wives for their sons, take their daughters for your sons, never seek their peace or prosperity
Fill in the blanks from verse 13, And after all that has come upon us for our evil _____ and for our great ____, since you our God have punished us less than our _____ deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this.
deeds, guilt, iniquities
According to verse 15, the Lord God of Israel is
righteous
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