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Ezra 10:1

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

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KJV King James Version

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

WEB World English Bible

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

ASV American Standard Version

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And at Ezra’s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great—men and women and children—for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.

Surrounding context — Ezra 10

1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

4 Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

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וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤לH6419 · pa.lalto pray עֶזְרָא֙H5830 · ez.raEzra וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹH3034 · ya.dahto give thanks בֹּכֶה֙H1058 · ba.khahto weep וּמִתְנַפֵּ֔לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fall לִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: before בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplace הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGod נִקְבְּצוּ֩H6908 · qa.vatsto gather אֵלָ֨יוH413 · elto(wards)מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael קָהָ֣לH6951 · qa.halassembly רַב־H7227 · ravmany מְאֹ֗דH3966 · me.odmuch אֲנָשִׁ֤יםH582 · e.noshhuman וְנָשִׁים֙H802 · ish.shahwoman וִֽילָדִ֔יםH3206 · ye.ledyouth כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor בָכ֥וּH1058 · ba.khahto weep הָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeople הַרְבֵּה־H7235 · ra.vahto multiply בֶֽכֶה׃ סH1059 · be.khehbitterly

Cross-references

Daniel 9:20And whiles I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;Psalm 119:136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.Romans 9:2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.1 John 1:8-10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.1 Kings 8:30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.Daniel 9:3-4And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:Luke 19:41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.Psalm 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.2 Chronicles 20:9If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name [is] in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.Joel 2:16-18Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.Nehemiah 10:28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Leviticus 26:40-41If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

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