Then the priest Ezra stood up and said to them, ‘You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.
Ezra 9:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised should we break your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices? Wouldn’t you become so angry with us that you would destroy us, leaving neither remnant nor survivor? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall we break Your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would You not be angry with us till You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant nor any to escape? [Deut. 7:2-4.] American Standard Version (1901) shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape? Common English Bible will we once again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these detestable things? Would you not be so angry with us that you leave us without remnant or survivor? Catholic Public Domain Version so that we would not turn away and make your commandments void, and so that we would not unite in marriage with the peoples of these abominations. Could you be angry with us even to the very end, so that you would not to leave us a remnant to be saved? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved? |
Then the priest Ezra stood up and said to them, ‘You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.
Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the Lord our God to preserve a remnant for us and give us a stake in his holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us a little relief and light to our eyes.
Didn’t your ancestors do the same, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling his anger against Israel by profaning the Sabbath! ’
Now leave me alone, so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.’
If the Lord of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah.
Have you forgotten the evils of your ancestors, the evils of Judah’s kings, the evils of their wives, your own evils, and the evils of your wives that were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid – this is the Lord’s declaration – for I will be with you. I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have banished you, but I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you with justice, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
‘Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.
‘Separate yourselves from this community so I may consume them instantly.’
‘Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.’ But they fell face down.
After this, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well. Do not sin any more, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.’
What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?
Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”
You provoked the Lord at Horeb, and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.
You are not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You are to tear down their altars. But you have not obeyed me. What have you done?