<vn='1'>Now when these <sn="428">things</s> were <sn="3615">done</s>, the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="5066">came</s><sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, have <sn="3808">not</s> separated <sn="914">themselves</s> from the <sn="4480 5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">lands</s>, doing according to their <sn="8441">abominations</s>, even of the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, the <sn="2850">Hittites</s>, the <sn="6522">Perizzites</s>, the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>, the <sn="5984">Ammonites</s>, the <sn="4125">Moabites</s>, the <sn="4713">Egyptians</s>, and the <sn="567">Amorites</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> they have <sn="5375">taken</s> of their <sn="4480 1323">daughters</s> for themselves, and for their <sn="1121">sons</s>: so that the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="2233">seed</s> have mingled <sn="6148">themselves</s> with the <sn="5971">people</s> of those <sn="776">lands</s>: yea, the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="5461">rulers</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="7223">chief</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4604">trespass</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And when I <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, I <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="899">garment</s> and my <sn="4598">mantle</s>, and plucked <sn="4803">off</s> the <sn="4480 8181">hair</s> of my <sn="7218">head</s> and of my <sn="2206">beard</s>, and sat <sn="3427">down</s><sn="8074">astonished</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then were <sn="622">assembled</s><sn="413">unto</s> me every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="2730">trembled</s> at the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5921">because</s> of the <sn="4604">transgression</s> of those that had been carried <sn="1473">away</s>; and <sn="589">I</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="8074">astonished</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="6153">evening</s><sn="4503">sacrifice</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And at the <sn="6153">evening</s><sn="4503">sacrifice</s> I arose <sn="6965">up</s> from my <sn="4480 8589">heaviness</s>; and having <sn="7167">rent</s> my <sn="899">garment</s> and my <sn="4598">mantle</s>, I <sn="3766">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="1290">knees</s>, and spread <sn="6566">out</s> my <sn="3709">hands</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="559">said</s>, O my <sn="430">God</s>, I am <sn="954">ashamed</s> and <sn="3637">blush</s> to lift <sn="7311">up</s> my <sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, my <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> our <sn="5771">iniquities</s> are <sn="7235">increased</s><sn="4605">over</s> our <sn="7218">head</s>, and our <sn="819">trespass</s> is grown <sn="1431">up</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Since the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of our <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="587">we</s> been in a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="819">trespass</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>; and for our <sn="5771">iniquities</s> have <sn="587">we</s>, our <sn="4428">kings</s>, and our <sn="3548">priests</s>, been <sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="776">lands</s>, to the <sn="2719">sword</s>, to <sn="7628">captivity</s>, and to a <sn="961">spoil</s>, and to <sn="1322">confusion</s> of <sn="6440">face</s>, as it is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="6258">now</s> for a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="7281">space</s><sn="8467">grace</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s> showed <sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, to <sn="7604">leave</s> us a remnant to <sn="6413">escape</s>, and to <sn="5414">give</s> us a <sn="3489">nail</s> in his <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="4725">place</s>, that our <sn="430">God</s> may <sn="215">lighten</s> our <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> us a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="4241">reviving</s> in our <sn="5659">bondage</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="587">we</s> were <sn="5650">bondmen</s>; yet our <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5800">forsaken</s> us in our <sn="5659">bondage</s>, but hath <sn="5186">extended</s><sn="2617">mercy</s><sn="5921">unto</s> us in the <sn="6440">sight</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>, to <sn="5414">give</s> us a <sn="4241">reviving</s>, to set <sn="7311">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>, and to <sn="5975">repair</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2723">desolations</s> thereof, and to <sn="5414">give</s> us a <sn="1447">wall</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s> and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O our <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> shall we <sn="559">say</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="2063">this</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> thy <sn="4687">commandments</s>, </v>
<vn='11'><sn="834">Which</s> thou hast <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="3027">by</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="776">land</s>, unto <sn="834">which</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="935">go</s> to <sn="3423">possess</s> it, is an <sn="5079">unclean</s><sn="776">land</s> with the <sn="5079">filthiness</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">lands</s>, with their <sn="8441">abominations</s>, <sn="834">which</s> have <sn="4390">filled</s> it from one <sn="4480 6310">end</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6310">another</s> with their <sn="2932">uncleanness</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="5414">give</s><sn="408">not</s> your <sn="1323">daughters</s> unto their <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="5375">take</s> their <sn="1323">daughters</s> unto your <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="1875">seek</s> their <sn="7965">peace</s> or their <sn="2896">wealth</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>: <sn="4616">that</s> ye may be <sn="2388">strong</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2898">good</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and leave it for an <sn="3423">inheritance</s> to your <sn="1121">children</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="310">after</s><sn="3605">all</s> that is <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us for our <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4639">deeds</s>, and for our <sn="1419">great</s><sn="819">trespass</s>, <sn="3588">seeing</s> that <sn="859">thou</s> our <sn="430">God</s> hast <sn="2820">punished</s> us <sn="4295">less</s> than our <sn="4480 5771">iniquities</s> deserve, and hast <sn="5414">given</s> us such <sn="6413">deliverance</s> as <sn="2063">this</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>Should we <sn="7725">again</s><sn="6565">break</s> thy <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and join in <sn="2859">affinity</s> with the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="8441">abominations</s>? wouldest <sn="3808">not</s> thou be <sn="599">angry</s> with us <sn="5704">till</s> thou hadst <sn="3615">consumed</s> us, so that there should be <sn="369">no</s><sn="7611">remnant</s> nor <sn="6413">escaping</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="6662">righteous</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we <sn="7604">remain</s> yet <sn="6413">escaped</s>, as it is <sn="2063">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, we are <sn="6440">before</s> thee in our <sn="819">trespasses</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we <sn="369">cannot</s><sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee <sn="5921">because</s> of <sn="2088">this</s>. </v>