The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . hat is come uponus for our evildeeds, and forour great tres-pass, seeing thatthou our Godhast punished usless than our ini-quities deserve,and hast given ussuch deliveranceas this; 14 Should weagain break thy commandments, and join inaffinity with the people of these abomina-tions? wouldest not thou be angry with ustill tliou hadst consumed ^cs, so that theieshould he no remnant nor escaping? _ 15 0 Lord God of Israel, thou m^t righteous:for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day:behold, we are before thee i
The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . hat is come uponus for our evildeeds, and forour great tres-pass, seeing thatthou our Godhast punished usless than our ini-quities deserve,and hast given ussuch deliveranceas this; 14 Should weagain break thy commandments, and join inaffinity with the people of these abomina-tions? wouldest not thou be angry with ustill tliou hadst consumed ^cs, so that theieshould he no remnant nor escaping? _ 15 0 Lord God of Israel, thou m^t 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 ofthis. CHAPTER 10. 1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the abuse ofthe strange marriages. 6 Ezra mourning assem-bleth the people. 9 The people, at the exhortationof Ezra, repent, and promise amendment. 15 Thecare to perform it. 18 The names of those who hadmarried strange tvives. NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when hehad confessed, weeping and casting him-self down before the house of God, there 570 Ezra reforms have transgressed.—Ezra x. lo. assembled unto him out of Israel a very greatcongregation of men and women and children:for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one ofthe sons of Elam, answered and said untoEzra, We have trespassed against our God,and have taken strange wives of the peopleof the land: yet now there is hope in Israelconcerning this thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a covenantwith our God to put away all the wives,and such as are born of them, accord-ing to the counsel of my lord, and of thosethat tremble at the commandment of ourGod; aud let it be done according to thelaw. 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth untothee: we also will be with thee: be of goodcourage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefpriests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear The people promise amendment. EZRA 10. Those ivho had taken strange wives. that they should do according
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