Ezra 9:10 KJV — MannaFest

Ezra 9:10

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

KJV

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ASV

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

WEB

And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments

YLT

`And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

DBT

And now, what shall we say, ourGod, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

About this book

Old Testament

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Ezra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.

Author: Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
Date: Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC

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Cross-references

10 verses on the floor

Joshua 7:8
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Jeremiah 9:13
And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Lamentations 3:22
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Genesis 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

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Shall we say, There is no hope, and let come on us what will? That is but to make bad worse. [2.] True penitents will consider what to say, and should, as Ezra, beg of God to teach them. God be merciful to me a sinner;" and the like.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Ezra, like Barnabas when he came to Jerusalem and saw the grace of God to his brethren there, no doubt was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord, Acts xi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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