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Ezra 10:11

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

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Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.

KJV

Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
תְּנ֥וּte.NugiveH5414 →
תוֹדָ֛הto.DahpraiseH8426 →
לַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-[the] God ofH430 →
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →
וַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.Suand doH6213 →
רְצוֹנ֑וֹre.tzo.Nowill hisH7522 →
וְהִבָּֽדְלוּ֙ve.hi.ba.de.Luand separate yourselvesH914 →
מֵעַמֵּ֣יme.'a.Meifrom [the] peoples ofH5971 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וּמִן־u.min-and fromH4480 →
הַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802 →
הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ha.na.khe.ri.Yot<the> foreignH5237 →

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Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.Deuteronomy 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,Isaiah 1:16–18Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”Leviticus 26:40–42But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—1 John 1:7–9But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.Colossians 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”Isaiah 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—Nehemiah 13:3As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.1 Corinthians 2:12–14We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. SelahEzra 9:1After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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