(A)And the Israelites[a] separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:2 Hebrew the offspring of Israel

Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.(A) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.(B)

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As soon as the people heard the law, (A)they separated from Israel all (B)those of foreign descent.

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When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.(A)

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11 Now then (A)make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. (B)Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

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11 Now honor[a] the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives.”(A)

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  1. Ezra 10:11 Or Now make confession to

30 (A)Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;

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30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign,(A) and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

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Gabriel Brings an Answer

20 (A)While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for (B)the holy hill of my God,

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The Seventy “Sevens”

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing(A) my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill(B)

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Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (A)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the Lord my God and (B)made confession, saying, (C)“O Lord, the (D)great and awesome God, who (E)keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, (F)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (G)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. (H)We have not listened to (I)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to (J)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. To you, (K)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (L)those who are near and (M)those who are far away, in (N)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (O)the treachery that they have committed against you. To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (P)we have sinned against you. (Q)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 (R)and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by (S)his servants the prophets.

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So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:(C)

“Lord, the great and awesome God,(D) who keeps his covenant of love(E) with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned(F) and done wrong.(G) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(H) from your commands and laws.(I) We have not listened(J) to your servants the prophets,(K) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,(L) and to all the people of the land.

“Lord, you are righteous,(M) but this day we are covered with shame(N)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(O) us because of our unfaithfulness(P) to you.(Q) We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(R) The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,(S) even though we have rebelled against him;(T) 10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.(U)

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(A)They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;
    for they have borne alien children.
    Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.

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They are unfaithful(A) to the Lord;
    they give birth to illegitimate(B) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(C)
    he will devour[a](D) their fields.

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  1. Hosea 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and

11 Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand (A)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak (B)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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11 deliver me;
    rescue me(A) from the hands of foreigners(B)
whose mouths are full of lies,(C)
    whose right hands are deceitful.(D)

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(A)For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the (B)holy race[a] has (C)mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”

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  1. Ezra 9:2 Hebrew offspring

They have taken some of their daughters(A) as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled(B) the holy race(C) with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”(D)

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The Day of the Lord

For you have rejected your people,
    the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things (A)from the east
    and (B)of fortune-tellers (C)like the Philistines,
    and they (D)strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(A) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(B)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(C) like the Philistines(D)
    and embrace(E) pagan customs.(F)

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(A)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    (B)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand (C)of foreigners,

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Reach down your hand from on high;(A)
    deliver me and rescue me(B)
from the mighty waters,(C)
    from the hands of foreigners(D)

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(A)Both we and (B)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they (C)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but (D)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

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We have sinned,(A) even as our ancestors(B) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(C)
When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought(D) to your miracles;
they did not remember(E) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,(F) the Red Sea.[a]

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  1. Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22

(A)let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, (B)confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even (C)I and my father's house have sinned.

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let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(A) the prayer(B) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(C) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.

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