Ezra 9:3-5

English Standard Version

³ As soon as I heard this, I ^(A)tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ^(B)sat appalled. ⁴ Then all who ^(C)trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat ^(D)appalled until the evening sacrifice. ⁵ And at the ^(E)evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment ^(F)and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees ^(G)and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,