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Ezra 9:6 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Ezra 9:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezra chapter 9 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. trespass: or, guiltiness”
Ezra 9:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezra 9:6
Ezra's prayer begins with profound shame: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God.' The repetition 'my God... my God' emphasizes personal relationship even amid corporate guilt. The verb 'ashamed' (bosh) carries sense of humiliation and disgrace. Ezra feels personal shame for corporate sin, demonstrating identificational repentance—though not personally guilty of intermarriage, he identifies with his people's guilt. The metaphor 'our iniquities are increased over our head' pictures sin accumulating like rising water. The parallel 'our trespass is grown up unto the ...
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Cross-References for Ezra 9:6
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“and God has remembered her iniquities.”
“they are too heavy for me.”
“whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria”
“and repent in dust and ashes.,Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes., עַל־כֵּן אֶמְאַס וְנִחַמְתִּי עַל־עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ פ ,Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, Seeing I am dust and ashes.,διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ἐτάκην ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν,Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.,,,,”
“the God of Israel”
“'Father”
“their flocks and their herds”
“they were not at all ashamed”
“they were not at all ashamed”
“and be confounded”