Ezr 9 | EngLXX | STEP | And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people ofIsrael, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands intheir abominations, even the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, andthe Moserite and the Amorite.

‏ Ezra 9

1 And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people ofIsrael, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands intheir abominations,even the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, andthe Moserite and the Amorite. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seedhas passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulershas been first in this transgression. 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garments, and trembled, and pluckedsome of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning. 4 Then there assembled to me all that followed the word of the God of Israel, on accountof the transgression of the captivity; and I remained mourning until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my humiliation; and when I had tore my garments,then I trembled, and I bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God, 6 and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to you:for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven. 7 From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and becauseof our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kingsof the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day. 8 And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to giveus an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickeningin our servitude. 9 For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the Lord our God has not deserted us; and he hasextended favor to us in the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that they shouldraise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda andJerusalem. 10 What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken your commandments, 11 which you have given us by the hand of your servants the prophets, saying, The land,into which you⌃ go to inherit it, is a land subject to disturbance by the removal of the people of thenations for their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness. 12 And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for yoursons, neither shall you⌃ seek their peace or their good for ever: that you⌃ may be strong, and eat thegood of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass,it is clear that there is none such as our God, for you has lightly visited our iniquities,and given us deliverance; 14 whereas we have repeatedly broken your commandments, and intermarried with the peopleof the lands: be not very angry with us toour utter destruction, so that there should be no remnant or escaping one. 15 O Lord God of Israel, youare righteous; for we remainyet escaped, as at this day: behold, weare before you in our trespasses: for we can’t stand before you on this account.