Ezra 9:14

Easy To Read Version

So we know that we must not break your commands. We must not marry those people. Those people do very bad things. God, if we continue to marry those bad people, we know you will destroy us! Then there would be no person from the people of Israel left alive.

Cross References

Ezra 10:10

Then Ezra the priest stood and said to those people, “You people have not been faithful to God. You have married foreign women. You have made Israel more guilty by doing that.

Ezra 9:2

The people of Israel have married the people living around us. The people of Israel are supposed to be special. But now they are mixed with the other people living around them. The leaders and important officials of the people of Israel have set a bad example in this thing.”

Ezra 9:8

But now, finally, you have been kind to us. You have let a few of us escape captivity and come to live in this holy place. Lord, you gave us new life and relief from our slavery.

Nehemiah 13:18

You know that your ancestors {\cf2\super [87]} did the same things. That is why our God brought all the troubles and disaster to us and to this city. Now you people are making it so more of these bad things will happen to Israel. Why? Because you are ruining the Sabbath day and making it like it is not an important day.”

Exodus 23:32

“You must not make any agreements with any of those people or their gods.

Exodus 32:10

So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”

Isaiah 1:9

\{This is true,\} but the Lord All-Powerful did allow a few people to continue living. We were not completely destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [6]}

Jeremiah 44:9

Have you forgotten about the wicked things your ancestors {\cf2\super [355]} did? And have you forgotten about the wicked things the kings and queens of Judah did? Have you forgotten about the wicked things you and your wives did in Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 46:28

The Lord says these things.\par “Jacob, my servant, don’t be afraid.\par I am with you.\par I sent you away to many different places.\par But I will not destroy you completely.\par But I will destroy all those nations.\par You must be punished\par for the bad things you did.\par So I won’t let you escape your punishment.\par I will discipline you, but I will be fair.”\par

Ezekiel 6:8

\{God said,\} “But I will let a few of your people escape. They will live in other countries for a short time. I will scatter them and force them to live in other countries.

Numbers 16:21

“Move away from these men! I want to destroy them now!”

Numbers 16:45

“Move away from those people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.

John 5:14

Later Jesus found the man at the temple. {\cf2\super [78]} Jesus said to him, “See, you are well now. But stop sinning or something worse may happen to you!”

Romans 6:1

So do you think that we should continue sinning so that God will give us more and more grace (kindness)?

Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me destroy these people completely, so no one will even remember their names! Then I will make another nation from you that is stronger and greater than these people.’

Deuteronomy 9:8

You made the Lord angry at Mount Horeb (Sinai). The Lord was angry enough to destroy you!

Judges 2:2

But in return, you must never make any agreement with the people living in that land. You must destroy their altars. [14] I told you that. But you didn’t obey me!