Ezra 9:7 meaning and explanation
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
Ezra 9:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra, a scribe and priest who has just returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, prays this on behalf of the whole community. He has learned that returned exiles, leaders among them, have intermarried with surrounding peoples, and he is devastated.
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