1Now 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 18:24-30Neh 9:2Ezra 10:10-11Deut 12:30-31Exod 33:16Rom 2:17-251 Kgs 11:11 Kgs 11:5-72 Chr 33:22 Cor 6:14-18
2For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 13:23-24Exod 34:16Ezra 10:18-44Ezra 10:2Deut 7:1-4Deut 7:61 Cor 7:14Deut 14:2Exod 19:6Exod 22:31
3And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 1:4Josh 7:62 Kgs 18:37-19:1Dan 4:19Dan 8:27Ezek 3:15Ezek 7:18Isa 15:2Jer 36:24Jer 48:37-38
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 10:3Isa 66:2Exod 29:392 Chr 34:27Ps 119:136Acts 3:1Dan 9:21Ezek 9:4
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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 8:221 Kgs 8:381 Kgs 8:54Exod 9:29Exod 9:332 Chr 6:13Eph 3:14Ps 141:2Ps 143:6Ps 95:6
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rev 18:5Ps 38:42 Chr 28:9Ezra 9:15Job 42:6Luke 15:21Jer 3:24-25Dan 9:7-8Ezek 16:63Ezra 9:13
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 29:6Dan 9:5-81 Kgs 9:6-91 Sam 12:152 Chr 30:72 Chr 36:16-192 Kgs 17:5-82 Kgs 18:9-122 Kgs 24:1-4Acts 7:51-52
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 13:3Rom 11:5-6Hos 6:2Ezek 37:11-14Hab 3:2Isa 57:15Ps 85:6Eccl 12:11Ezek 14:22Ezek 6:8-9
9For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 7:6Ps 136:23-24Hag 1:9Ps 106:45-46Zech 2:5Zech 4:6-10Dan 9:25Ezek 11:16Ezra 1:1-4Ezra 1:7-11
10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 9:4-16Gen 44:16Josh 7:8Lam 3:22Rom 3:19
11Which 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 18:24-30Ezra 6:212 Chr 33:22 Cor 7:1Deut 12:31Deut 18:12Ezek 36:25-27Ezra 9:1
12Now 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 7:3Deut 23:6Josh 23:12-13Prov 13:22Exod 34:15-162 John 1:10-11Prov 20:7Exod 23:32Ezra 9:2Gen 18:18-19
13And 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; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 103:10Lam 3:22Lam 3:39-40Job 11:6Ezek 24:13-14Ezra 9:6-8Neh 9:32Ps 106:45-46Gal 3:4Hab 3:2
14Should 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 9:8Deut 9:14Ezra 9:22 Pet 2:20-21Exod 32:10John 5:14Judg 2:2Num 16:21Num 16:45Rom 6:1
15O 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 130:3John 8:24John 8:21Rom 3:19Neh 9:33-34Rom 10:3Zech 3:3-4Dan 9:14Dan 9:7-11Ezek 33:10