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 9:1 ¶ Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples 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.

 9:1 ¶ Now 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.°

 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

 9:2 For° 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.°

 9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

 9:3 And 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.°°

 9:4 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.

 9:4 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.°

 9:5 ¶ And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;

 9:5 ¶ And 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,°

 9:6 and I 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 guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

 9:6 And 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.°

 9:7 Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty 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 plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

 9:7 Since 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.°

 9:8 And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah 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.

 9:8 And 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.°

 9:9 For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness 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 ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

 9:9 For° 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.°

 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

 9:10 And now,° O our God,° what° shall we say°° after° this?° for° we have forsaken°° thy commandments,°

 9:11 which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:

 9:11 Which° 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.°

 9:12 now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity 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.

 9:12 Now° 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.°°

 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,

 9:13 And 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;°

 9:14 shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

 9:14 Should 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?°

 9:15 O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

 9:15 O 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.°