Ezra 9:4

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.

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WEBBE

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.

BSB

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

KJV

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.

ASV

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.

BBE

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

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וְאֵלַי ve·'e·lai and to me H413 יֵאָסְפוּ ye·'a·se·fu they gathered H622 כֹּל kol every H3605 חָרֵד cha·red [person] trembling H2730 בְּדִבְרֵי be·div·rei at [the] words of H1697 אֱלֹהֵי־ 'e·lo·hei- [the] God of H430 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 עַל 'al on H5921 מַעַל ma·'al [the] unfaithfulness of H4604 הַגּוֹלָה ha·go·lah the exile[s] H1473 וַאֲנִי va·'a·ni and I H589 יֹשֵׁב yo·shev [was] sitting H3427 מְשׁוֹמֵם me·sho·mem appalled H8074 עַד 'ad until H5704 לְמִנְחַת le·min·chat (to) [the] offering of H4503 הָעָרֶב ha·'a·rev the evening H6153

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4

Many corruptions lurk out of the view of the most careful rulers. Some of the people disobeyed the express command of God, which forbade all marriages with the heathen, De 7. Disbelief of God's all-sufficiency, is at the bottom of the sorry shifts we make to help ourselves. They exposed themselves and their children to the peril of idolatry, that had ruined their church and nation. Carnal professors may make light of such connexions, and try to explain away the exhortations to be separate; but those who are best acquainted with the word of God, will treat the subject in another manner. They must forebode the worst from such unions. The evils excused, and even pleaded for; by many professors, astonish and cause regret in the true believer. All who profess to be God's people, ought to strengthen those that appear and act against vice and profaneness.

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