Ezra 9:15

“O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.”

"O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this." - Ezra 9:15
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What does Ezra 9:15 mean?

Ezra 9:15 (KJV) states: "O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this." The book of Ezra is set during the historical period when the…

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Righteousness and Redemption: A Reflection on Ezra 9:15

As we turn our hearts to the words of Ezra 9:15, we are invited into a profound moment of self-reflection and recognition of our standing before the holiness of God. The verse reads: "O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold…

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A Prayer of Confession and Restoration

O most gracious and merciful Lord, God of Israel, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the words of Your servant Ezra, who declared, "O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for…

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Ezra 2:15 - "The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four."
Ezra 2:9 - "The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore."
Ezra 8:9 - "Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males."
Ezra 6:15 - "And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king."
Ezra 1:9 - "And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,"
"The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four." - Ezra 2:15
"The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore." - Ezra 2:9
Ezra 9:10 - "And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,"
Ezra 10:15 - "¶ Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them."
Ezra 5:15 - "And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place."
Ezra 7:15 - "And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,"
Ezra 5:9 - "Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?"
Ezra 4:9 - "Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,"
Ezra 8:15 - "¶ And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi."
Ezra 9:3 - "And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied."
Ezra 9:9 - "For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem."
"Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males." - Ezra 8:9