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| [1]Now in the twentyH6242 and fourthH702 dayH3117 of this monthH2320 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 were assembledH622[H8738] with fastingH6685, and with sackclothesH8242, and earth upon themH127. |
[1]Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head. |
| [2]And the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478 separatedH914[H8735] themselves from all strangersH1121[H5236], and stoodH5975[H8799] and confessedH3034[H8691] their sinsH2403, and the iniquitiesH5771 of their fathersH1. |
[2]And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. |
| [3]And they stood upH6965[H8799] in their placeH5977, and readH7121[H8799] in the bookH5612 of the lawH8451 of the LORDH3068 their GodH430 one fourth partH7243 of the dayH3117; and another fourth partH7243 they confessedH3034[H8693], and worshippedH7812[H8693] the LORDH3068 their GodH430. |
[3]And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed their sins to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God. |
| [4]Then stood upH6965[H8799] upon the stairsH4608, of the LevitesH3881, JeshuaH3442, and BaniH1137, KadmielH6934, ShebaniahH7645, BunniH1138, SherebiahH8274, BaniH1137, and ChenaniH3662, and criedH2199[H8799] with a loudH1419 voiceH6963 unto the LORDH3068 their GodH430. |
[4]And there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. |
| [5]Then the LevitesH3881, JeshuaH3442, and KadmielH6934, BaniH1137, HashabniahH2813, SherebiahH8274, HodijahH1941, ShebaniahH7645, and PethahiahH6611, saidH559[H8799], Stand upH6965[H8798] and blessH1288[H8761] the LORDH3068 your GodH430 for everH5769 and everH5769: and blessedH1288[H8762] be thy gloriousH3519 nameH8034, which is exaltedH7311[H8784] above all blessingH1293 and praiseH8416. |
[5]And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise. |
| [6]Thou, even thou, art LORDH3068 alone; thou hast madeH6213[H8804] heavenH8064, the heavenH8064 of heavensH8064, with all their hostH6635, the earthH776, and all things that are therein, the seasH3220, and all that is therein, and thou preservestH2421[H8764] them all; and the hostH6635 of heavenH8064 worshippethH7812 theeH8693. |
[6]And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee. |
| [7]Thou art the LORDH3068 the GodH430, who didst chooseH977[H8804] AbramH87, and broughtest him forthH3318[H8689] out of UrH218 of the ChaldeesH3778, and gavestH7760[H8804] him the nameH8034 of AbrahamH85; |
[7]Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam: |
| [8]And foundestH4672[H8804] his heartH3824 faithfulH539[H8737] beforeH6440 thee, and madestH3772[H8800] a covenantH1285 with him to giveH5414[H8800] the landH776 of the CanaanitesH3669, the HittitesH2850, the AmoritesH567, and the PerizzitesH6522, and the JebusitesH2983, and the GirgashitesH1622, to giveH5414[H8800] it, I say, to his seedH2233, and hast performedH6965[H8686] thy wordsH1697; for thou art righteousH6662: |
[8]and thou foundest his heart faithful before thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and thou hast confirmed thy words, for thou art righteous. |
| [9]And didst seeH7200[H8799] the afflictionH6040 of our fathersH1 in EgyptH4714, and heardestH8085[H8804] their cryH2201 by the RedH5488 seaH3220; |
[9]And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea. |
| [10]And shewedstH5414[H8799] signsH226 and wondersH4159 upon PharaohH6547, and on all his servantsH5650, and on all the peopleH5971 of his landH776: for thou knewestH3045[H8804] that they dealt proudlyH2102[H8689] against them. So didst thou getH6213[H8799] thee a nameH8034, as it is this dayH3117. |
[10]And thou shewedst signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knowest that they behaved insolently against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as at this day. |
| [11]And thou didst divideH1234[H8804] the seaH3220 beforeH6440 them, so that they went throughH5674[H8799] the midstH8432 of the seaH3220 on the dry landH3004; and their persecutorsH7291[H8802] thou threwestH7993[H8689] into the deepsH4688, as a stoneH68 into the mightyH5794 watersH4325. |
[11]And thou didst cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water. |
| [12]Moreover thou leddestH5148[H8689] them in the dayH3119 by a cloudyH6051 pillarH5982; and in the nightH3915 by a pillarH5982 of fireH784, to give them lightH215[H8687] in the wayH1870 wherein they should goH3212.[H8799] |
[12]And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk. |
| [13]Thou camest downH3381[H8804] also upon mountH2022 SinaiH5514, and spakestH1696[H8763] with them from heavenH8064, and gavestH5414[H8799] them rightH3477 judgmentsH4941, and trueH571 lawsH8451, goodH2896 statutesH2706 and commandmentsH4687: |
[13]Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments. |
| [14]And madest knownH3045[H8689] unto them thy holyH6944 sabbathH7676, and commandedstH6680[H8765] them preceptsH4687, statutesH2706, and lawsH8451, by the handH3027 of MosesH4872 thy servantH5650: |
[14]And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses. |
| [15]And gavestH5414[H8804] them breadH3899 from heavenH8064 for their hungerH7458, and broughtest forthH3318[H8689] waterH4325 for them out of the rockH5553 for their thirstH6772, and promisedstH559[H8799] them that they should go inH935[H8800] to possessH3423[H8800] the landH776 which thou hadst swornH3027[H5375][H8804] to giveH5414 themH8800. |
[15]And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give it them. |
| [16]But they and our fathersH1 dealt proudlyH2102[H8689], and hardenedH7185[H8686] their necksH6203, and hearkenedH8085[H8804] not to thy commandmentsH4687, |
[16]But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments, |
| [17]And refusedH3985[H8762] to obeyH8085[H8800], neither were mindfulH2142[H8804] of thy wondersH6381[H8737] that thou didstH6213[H8804] among them; but hardenedH7185[H8686] their necksH6203, and in their rebellionH4805 appointedH5414[H8799] a captainH7218 to returnH7725[H8800] to their bondageH5659: but thou art a GodH433 ready to pardonH5547, graciousH2587 and mercifulH7349, slowH750 to angerH639, and of greatH7227 kindnessH2617, and forsookestH5800 them notH8804. |
[17]and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them. |
| [18]Yea, when they had madeH6213[H8804] them a moltenH4541 calfH5695, and saidH559[H8799], This is thy GodH430 that brought thee upH5927[H8689] out of EgyptH4714, and had wroughtH6213[H8799] greatH1419 provocationsH5007; |
[18]And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These are the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations. |
| [19]Yet thou in thy manifoldH7227 merciesH7356 forsookestH5800[H8804] them not in the wildernessH4057: the pillarH5982 of the cloudH6051 departedH5493[H8804] not from them by dayH3119, to leadH5148[H8687] them in the wayH1870; neither the pillarH5982 of fireH784 by nightH3915, to shew them lightH215[H8687], and the wayH1870 wherein they should goH3212.[H8799] |
[19]Yet thou in thy great compassions didst not forsake them in the wilderness: thou didst not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk. |
| [20]Thou gavestH5414[H8804] also thy goodH2896 spiritH7307 to instructH7919[H8687] them, and withheldestH4513[H8804] not thy mannaH4478 from their mouthH6310, and gavestH5414[H8804] them waterH4325 for their thirstH6772. |
[20]And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst. |
| [21]Yea, fortyH705 yearsH8141 didst thou sustainH3557[H8773] them in the wildernessH4057, so that they lackedH2637[H8804] nothing; their clothesH8008 waxed not oldH1086[H8804], and their feetH7272 swelledH1216 notH8804. |
[21]And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised. |
| [22]Moreover thou gavestH5414[H8799] them kingdomsH4467 and nationsH5971, and didst divideH2505[H8799] them into cornersH6285: so they possessedH3423[H8799] the landH776 of SihonH5511, and the landH776 of the kingH4428 of HeshbonH2809, and the landH776 of OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316. |
[22]Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan. |
| [23]Their childrenH1121 also multipliedstH7235[H8689] thou as the starsH3556 of heavenH8064, and broughtestH935[H8686] them into the landH776, concerning which thou hadst promisedH559[H8804] to their fathersH1, that they should go inH935[H8800] to possessH3423 itH8800. |
[23]And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers; |
| [24]So the childrenH1121 went inH935[H8799] and possessedH3423[H8799] the landH776, and thou subduedstH3665[H8686] beforeH6440 them the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of the landH776, the CanaanitesH3669, and gavestH5414[H8799] them into their handsH3027, with their kingsH4428, and the peopleH5971 of the landH776, that they might doH6213[H8800] with them as they wouldH7522. |
[24]And they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them. |
| [25]And they tookH3920[H8799] strongH1219[H8803] citiesH5892, and a fatH8082 landH127, and possessedH3423[H8799] housesH1004 fullH4392 of all goodsH2898, wellsH953 diggedH2672[H8803], vineyardsH3754, and oliveyardsH2132, and fruitH3978 treesH6086 in abundanceH7230: so they did eatH398[H8799], and were filledH7646[H8799], and became fatH8080[H8686], and delightedH5727[H8691] themselves in thy greatH1419 goodnessH2898. |
[25]And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness. |
| [26]Nevertheless they were disobedientH4784[H8686], and rebelledH4775[H8799] against thee, and castH7993[H8686] thy lawH8451 behindH310 their backsH1458, and slewH2026[H8804] thy prophetsH5030 which testifiedH5749[H8689] against them to turnH7725[H8687] them to thee, and they wroughtH6213[H8799] greatH1419 provocationsH5007. |
[26]But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations. |
| [27]Therefore thou deliveredstH5414[H8799] them into the handH3027 of their enemiesH6862, who vexedH6887[H8686] them: and in the timeH6256 of their troubleH6869, when they criedH6817[H8799] unto thee, thou heardestH8085[H8799] them from heavenH8064; and according to thy manifoldH7227 merciesH7356 thou gavestH5414[H8799] them savioursH3467[H8688], who savedH3467[H8686] them out of the handH3027 of their enemiesH6862. |
[27]Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them. |
| [28]But after they had restH5117[H8800], they didH6213[H8800] evilH7451 againH7725[H8799] beforeH6440 thee: therefore leftestH5800[H8799] thou them in the handH3027 of their enemiesH341[H8802], so that they had the dominionH7287[H8799] over them: yet when they returnedH7725[H8799], and criedH2199[H8799] unto thee, thou heardestH8085[H8799] them from heavenH8064; and manyH7227 timesH6256 didst thou deliverH5337[H8686] them according to thy merciesH7356; |
[28]But when they rested, they did evil again before thee: so thou leftest them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to thee, and thou heardest them from heaven, and didst deliver them in thy great compassions. |
| [29]And testifiedstH5749[H8686] against them, that thou mightest bring them againH7725[H8687] unto thy lawH8451: yet they dealt proudlyH2102[H8689], and hearkenedH8085[H8804] not unto thy commandmentsH4687, but sinnedH2398[H8804] against thy judgmentsH4941, (which if a manH120 doH6213[H8799], he shall liveH2421[H8804] in them;) and withdrewH5414[H8799][H5637][H8802] the shoulderH3802, and hardenedH7185[H8689] their neckH6203, and would not hearH8085.[H8804] |
[29]And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not. |
| [30]Yet manyH7227 yearsH8141 didst thou forbearH4900[H8799] them, and testifiedstH5749[H8686] against them by thy spiritH7307 inH3027 thy prophetsH5030: yet would they not give earH238[H8689]: therefore gavestH5414[H8799] thou them into the handH3027 of the peopleH5971 of the landsH776. |
[30]Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land. |
| [31]Nevertheless for thy greatH7227 mercies'H7356 sake thou didstH6213[H8804] not utterly consumeH3617 them, nor forsakeH5800[H8804] them; for thou art a graciousH2587 and mercifulH7349 GodH410. |
[31]But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful. |
| [32]Now therefore, our GodH430, the greatH1419, the mightyH1368, and the terribleH3372[H8737] GodH410, who keepestH8104[H8802] covenantH1285 and mercyH2617, let not all the troubleH8513 seem littleH4591[H8799] beforeH6440 thee, that hath comeH4672[H8804] upon us, on our kingsH4428, on our princesH8269, and on our priestsH3548, and on our prophetsH5030, and on our fathersH1, and on all thy peopleH5971, since the timeH3117 of the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 unto this dayH3117. |
[32]And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day. |
| [33]Howbeit thou art justH6662 in all that is broughtH935[H8802] upon us; for thou hast doneH6213[H8804] rightH571, but we have done wickedlyH7561:[H8689] |
[33]But thou art righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned. |
| [34]Neither have our kingsH4428, our princesH8269, our priestsH3548, nor our fathersH1, keptH6213[H8804] thy lawH8451, nor hearkenedH7181[H8689] unto thy commandmentsH4687 and thy testimoniesH5715, wherewith thou didst testifyH5749 against themH8689. |
[34]And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and have not kept thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them. |
| [35]For they have not servedH5647[H8804] thee in their kingdomH4438, and in thy greatH7227 goodnessH2898 that thou gavestH5414[H8804] them, and in the largeH7342 and fatH8082 landH776 which thou gavestH5414[H8804] beforeH6440 them, neither turnedH7725[H8804] they from their wickedH7451 worksH4611. |
[35]And they did not serve thee in thy kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices. |
| [36]Behold, we are servantsH5650 this dayH3117, and for the landH776 that thou gavestH5414[H8804] unto our fathersH1 to eatH398[H8800] the fruitH6529 thereof and the goodH2898 thereof, behold, we are servants in itH5650: |
[36]Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land which thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it: |
| [37]And it yieldeth muchH7235[H8688] increaseH8393 unto the kingsH4428 whom thou hast setH5414[H8804] over us because of our sinsH2403: also they have dominionH4910[H8802] over our bodiesH1472, and over our cattleH929, at their pleasureH7522, and we are in greatH1419 distressH6869. |
[37]and its produce is abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction. |
| [38]And because of all this we makeH3772[H8802] a sureH548 covenant, and writeH3789[H8802] it; and our princesH8269, LevitesH3881, and priestsH3548, sealH2856 unto itH8803. |
[38]And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal to it. |