Ezra 9:11

9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: ¹  ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! ²  With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

Ezra 10:8

10:8 Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

Ezra 4:16

4:16 We therefore are informing the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, you will not retain control ³  of this portion of Trans-Euphrates.”

Ezra 8:21

8:21 I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey ⁴  for us, our children, and all our property.

Ezra 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ⁵  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Ezra 9:15

9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt ⁶  no one can really stand before you.”

[9:11]  ¹ tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”

[9:11]  ² tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Aram “will not be to you.”

[8:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “a straight way.”

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.