1 priest.
3This Ezra came up from Babylon as a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which was given by the God of Israel,
4and the king showed him honor, for he found favor before the king in all his requests.
5 “Blessed be the Lord alone, who put this into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem,
26and who honored me in the sight of the king and his counselors and all his Friends and nobles.
27I was encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and I gathered men from Israel to go up with me.”
The Leaders Who Returned28 honored the nation and the temple of the Lord.
Ezra’s Prayer65 and the holy seed has been mixed with the foreign nations of the land, and from the beginning of this matter the leaders and the nobles have been sharing in this iniquity.”
68 the word of the Lord of Israel gathered around me, as I mourned over this iniquity, and I sat grief-stricken until the evening sacrifice.
70Then I rose from my fast, with my garments and my holy vestments torn, and kneeling down and stretching out my hands to the Lord I said,
71“O Lord, I am ashamed and dishonored before your face.
72For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven
73from the times of our ancestors, and we are in great sin to this day.
74 and take action, for it is your task, and we are with you to take strong measures.”
92Then Ezra rose up and made the leaders of the priests and Levites of all Israel swear that they would do this. And they swore to it.
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