Ezra 9:4 BSB — MannaFest

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16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵלַ֣י	ve.'e.Lai	and to me	H413 →
יֵאָסְפ֗וּ	ye.'a.se.Fu	they gathered	H622 →
כֹּ֤ל	kol	every	H3605 →
חָרֵד֙	cha.Red	[person] trembling	H2730 →
בְּדִבְרֵ֣י	be.div.Rei	at [the] words of	H1697 →
אֱלֹהֵֽי־	'e.lo.hei-	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
עַ֖ל	'al	on	H5921 →
מַ֣עַל	Ma.'al	[the] unfaithfulness of	H4604 →
הַגּוֹלָ֑ה	ha.go.Lah	the exile[s]	H1473 →
וַאֲנִי֙	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
יֹשֵׁ֣ב	yo.Shev	[was] sitting	H3427 →
מְשׁוֹמֵ֔ם	me.sho.Mem	appalled	H8074 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
לְמִנְחַ֥ת	le.min.Chat	<to> [the] offering of	H4503 →
הָעָֽרֶב׃	ha.'A.rev	the evening	H6153 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Through
Isaiah 66:2
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
leads to
- Psalms 34:18
  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 57:15
  For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
- Psalms 51:17
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- Matthew 5:3–4
  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27–28
  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have…
Through
Psalms 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
leads to
- Ezekiel 9:4
  “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 9:1
  Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
Through
2 Chronicles 34:27
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:26
  Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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.Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.Exodus 29:39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.2 Chronicles 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.2 Corinthians 7:15And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.Ezra 10:6Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.Jeremiah 38:17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

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