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 9:1 ¶ Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

 9:1 ¶ Now in the twenty° and fourth° day° of this° month° the children° of Israel° were assembled°° with fasting,° and with sackclothes,° and earth° upon° them.

 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

 9:2 And the seed° of Israel° separated°° themselves° from all°° strangers,°° and stood°° and confessed°°° their sins,° and the iniquities° of their fathers.°

 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

 9:3 And they stood up°° in° their place,° and read°° in the book° of the law° of the LORD° their God° [one] fourth° part° of the day;° and [another] fourth° part° they confessed,°° and worshipped°° the LORD° their God.°

 9:4 ¶ Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.

 9:4 ¶ Then stood up°° upon° the stairs,° of the Levites,° Jeshua,° and Bani,° Kadmiel,° Shebaniah,° Bunni,° Sherebiah,° Bani,° [and] Chenani,° and cried°° with a loud° voice° unto° the LORD° their God.°

 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

 9:5 Then the Levites,° Jeshua,° and Kadmiel,° Bani,° Hashabniah,° Sherebiah,° Hodijah,° Shebaniah,° [and] Pethahiah,° said,°° Stand up°° [and] bless°°° the LORD° your God° for ever°° and° ever:° and blessed°° be thy glorious° name,° which is exalted°° above° all° blessing° and praise.°

 9:6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

 9:6 Thou,° [even] thou,° [art] LORD° alone;° thou° hast made°°° heaven,° the heaven° of heavens,° with all° their host,° the earth,° and all° [things] that° [are] therein,° the seas,° and all° that° [is] therein, and thou° preservest°°° them all;° and the host° of heaven° worshippeth°° thee.

 9:7 Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,

 9:7 Thou° [art] the LORD° the God,° who° didst choose°° Abram,° and broughtest him forth°° out of Ur°° of the Chaldees,° and gavest°° him the name° of Abraham;°

 9:8 and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

 9:8 And foundest°°° his heart° faithful°° before° thee, and madest°° a covenant° with° him to give°°° the land° of the Canaanites,° the Hittites,° the Amorites,° and the Perizzites,° and the Jebusites,° and the Girgashites,° to give°° [it, I say], to his seed,° and hast performed°°° thy words;° for° thou° [art] righteous:°

 9:9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,

 9:9 And didst see°°° the affliction° of our fathers° in Egypt,° and heardest°° their cry° by° the Red° sea;°

 9:10 and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.

 9:10 And shewedst°° signs° and wonders° upon Pharaoh,° and on all° his servants,° and on all° the people° of his land:° for° thou knewest°° that° they dealt proudly°° against° them. So didst thou get°° thee a name,° as [it is] this° day.°

 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

 9:11 And thou didst divide°° the sea° before° them, so that they went through°° the midst° of the sea° on the dry land;° and their persecutors°° thou threwest°° into the deeps,° as° a stone° into the mighty° waters.°

 9:12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

 9:12 Moreover thou leddest°° them in the day° by a cloudy° pillar;° and in the night° by a pillar° of fire,° to give them light°° in° the way° wherein° they should go.°°°

 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

 9:13 Thou camest down°° also upon° mount° Sinai,° and spakest°° with° them from heaven,°° and gavest°° them right° judgments,° and true° laws,° good° statutes° and commandments:°

 9:14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,

 9:14 And madest known°° unto them thy holy° sabbath,° and commandedst°° them precepts,° statutes,° and laws,° by the hand° of Moses° thy servant:°

 9:15 and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

 9:15 And gavest°° them bread° from heaven°° for their hunger,° and broughtest forth°° water° for them out of the rock°° for their thirst,° and promisedst°° them that they should go in°° to possess°°° the land° which° thou hadst sworn°°°° to give°° them.

 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

 9:16 But they° and our fathers° dealt proudly,°° and hardened°°° their necks,° and hearkened°° not° to° thy commandments,°

 9:17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

 9:17 And refused°° to obey,°° neither° were mindful°° of thy wonders°° that° thou didst°° among° them; but hardened°°° their necks,° and in their rebellion° appointed°° a captain° to return°° to their bondage:° but thou° [art] a God° ready to pardon,° gracious° and merciful,° slow° to anger,° and of great° kindness,° and forsookest°° them not.°

 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

 9:18 Yea,° when° they had made°° them a molten° calf,° and said,°° This° [is] thy God° that° brought thee up°° out of Egypt,°° and had wrought°° great° provocations;°

 9:19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

 9:19 Yet thou° in thy manifold° mercies° forsookest°° them not° in the wilderness:°° the pillar° of the cloud° departed°° not° from°° them by day,° to lead°° them in the way;° neither the pillar° of fire° by night,° to shew them light,°° and the way° wherein° they should go.°°°

 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

 9:20 Thou gavest°° also thy good° spirit° to instruct°° them, and withheldest°° not° thy manna° from their mouth,°° and gavest°° them water° for their thirst.°

 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

 9:21 Yea, forty° years° didst thou sustain°° them in the wilderness,° [so that] they lacked°° nothing;° their clothes° waxed not old,°°° and their feet° swelled°° not.°

 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, which thou didst allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

 9:22 Moreover thou gavest°° them kingdoms° and nations,° and didst divide°° them into corners:° so they possessed°°° the land° of Sihon,° and the land° of the king° of Heshbon,° and the land° of Og° king° of Bashan.°

 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

 9:23 Their children° also multipliedst°° thou as the stars° of heaven,° and broughtest°° them into° the land,° concerning which° thou hadst promised°° to their fathers,° that they should go in°° to possess°° [it].

 9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

 9:24 So the children° went in°° and possessed°°° the land,° and thou subduedst°° before° them° the inhabitants°° of the land,° the Canaanites,° and gavest°° them into their hands,° with their kings,° and the people° of the land,° that they might do°° with them as they would.°

 9:25 And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

 9:25 And they took°° strong°° cities,° and a fat° land,° and possessed°° houses° full° of all° goods,° wells° digged,°° vineyards,° and oliveyards,° and fruit° trees° in abundance:° so they did eat,°° and were filled,°° and became fat,°° and delighted°° themselves° in thy great° goodness.°

 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient,°° and rebelled°° against thee, and cast°°° thy law° behind° their backs,° and slew°° thy prophets° which° testified°° against them to turn°° them to° thee, and they wrought°° great° provocations.°

 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst°° them into the hand° of their enemies,° who vexed°° them: and in the time° of their trouble,° when they cried°° unto° thee, thou° heardest°° [them] from heaven;°° and according to thy manifold° mercies° thou gavest°° them saviours,°° who saved°° them out of the hand°° of their enemies.°

 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,

 9:28 But after they had rest,°° they did°° evil° again°° before° thee: therefore leftest°° thou them in the hand° of their enemies,°° so that they had the dominion°° over them: yet when they returned,°° and cried°° unto thee, thou° heardest°° [them] from heaven;°° and many° times° didst thou deliver°° them according to thy mercies;°

 9:29 and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

 9:29 And testifiedst°° against them, that thou mightest bring them again°° unto° thy law:° yet they° dealt proudly,°° and hearkened°° not° unto thy commandments,° but sinned°° against thy judgments,° (which° if a man° do,°° he shall live°° in them;) and withdrew°°°° the shoulder,° and hardened°° their neck,° and would not° hear.°°

 9:30 Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

 9:30 Yet many° years° didst thou forbear°°° them, and testifiedst°° against them by thy spirit° in° thy prophets:° yet would they not° give ear:°° therefore gavest°° thou them into the hand° of the people° of the lands.°

 9:31 Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

 9:31 Nevertheless for thy great° mercies'° sake thou didst°° not° utterly consume°° them, nor° forsake°° them; for° thou° [art] a gracious° and merciful° God.°

 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

 9:32 Now° therefore, our God,° the great,° the mighty,° and the terrible°° God,° who keepest°° covenant° and mercy,° let not°° all° the trouble° seem little°° before° thee, that° hath come°° upon° us, on our kings,° on our princes,° and on our priests,° and on our prophets,° and on our fathers,° and on all° thy people,° since the time°° of the kings° of Assyria° unto° this° day.°

 9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

 9:33 Howbeit thou° [art] just° in° all° that is brought°° upon° us; for° thou hast done°° right,° but we° have done wickedly:°°

 9:34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.

 9:34 Neither have our kings,° our princes,° our priests,° nor° our fathers,° kept°° thy law,° nor° hearkened°° unto° thy commandments° and thy testimonies,° wherewith° thou didst testify°° against them.

 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

 9:35 For they° have not° served°° thee in their kingdom,° and in thy great° goodness° that° thou gavest°° them, and in the large° and fat° land° which° thou gavest°° before° them, neither° turned°° they from their wicked° works.°°

 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

 9:36 Behold,° we° [are] servants° this day,° and [for] the land° that° thou gavest°° unto our fathers° to eat°°° the fruit° thereof and the good° thereof, behold,° we° [are] servants° in° it:

 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

 9:37 And it yieldeth much°° increase° unto the kings° whom° thou hast set°° over° us because of our sins:° also they have dominion°° over° our bodies,° and over our cattle,° at their pleasure,° and we° [are] in great° distress.°

 9:38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.

 9:38 And because of all° this° we° make°° a sure° [covenant], and write°° [it]; and our princes,° Levites,° [and] priests,° seal°°° [unto it].