Ezra 9:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Why should we disobey your commands again by letting our sons and daughters marry these foreigners who do such disgusting things? That would make you angry enough to destroy us all!

Cross References

Ezra 10:10

Ezra the priest stood up and said: You have broken God's Law by marrying foreign women, and you have made the whole nation guilty!

Ezra 9:2

Some Israelite men have married foreign women and have let their sons do the same thing. Our own officials and leaders were the first to commit this disgusting sin, and now God's holy people are mixed with foreigners.

Ezra 9:8

But for now, LORD God, you have shown great kindness to us. You made us truly happy by letting some of us settle in this sacred place and by helping us in our time of slavery.

Nehemiah 13:18

Didn't God punish us and this city because our ancestors did these very same things? And here you are, about to make God furious again by disgracing the Sabbath!”

Exodus 23:32

But you must not make any agreements with them or with their gods.

Exodus 32:10

and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.

Isaiah 1:9

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Jeremiah 44:9

When you were living in Jerusalem and Judah, you followed the example of your ancestors in doing evil things, just like your kings and queens.

Jeremiah 46:28

So don't be afraid, even though now you deserve to be punished and have been scattered among other nations. But when I destroy them, I will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 6:8

I will let some of the people live through this punishment, but I will scatter them among the nations,

Numbers 16:21

“Get away from the rest of the Israelites so I can kill them at once!”

Numbers 16:45

“Stand back! I am going to wipe out these Israelites once and for all.” They immediately bowed down and prayed.

John 5:14

Later, Jesus met the man in the temple and told him, “You are now well. But don't sin any more or something worse might happen to you.”

Romans 6:1

What should we say? Should we keep on sinning, so that God's wonderful kindness will show up even better?

Deuteronomy 9:14

So don't try to stop me! I am going to wipe them out, and no one on earth will remember they ever lived. Then I will let your descendants become an even bigger and more powerful nation than Israel.

Deuteronomy 9:8

At Mount Sinai you made the LORD so angry that he was going to destroy you.

Judges 2:2

and you promised not to make any peace treaties with the other nations that live in the land. Besides that, you agreed to tear down the altars where they sacrifice to their idols. But you didn't keep your promise.