Ezra 9:6 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Ezra's confession of sinsThe sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the...
Thompson Chains
- Sin's ShameLink 2 of 8 · next Job 8:22
- Prayer (10)Link 8 of 12 · next Daniel 9:4
- Confession ofSee the chain from Numbers 21:7 · 1 link
- Guilty ConscienceLink 3 of 5 · next Job 15:21
- GuiltLink 4 of 8 · next Psalms 40:12
Cross References
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
- Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
- Psalms 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
- Ezra 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
- Ezra 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art 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 of this.
- Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
- Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 3:24–25 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. …
- Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Ezekiel 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
- Daniel 9:7–8 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. …
- Luke 15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
- Romans 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Benefits of, illustrated
- Blushing With shame
- Ezra Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
- Influence Ezra
- Intercession Ezra, for Israel
- Israel, prophecies concerning Corruptions among the returned captives; their reform
- Nation Lamented
- Prayer Ezra
- Repentance Exemplified
- Sin Confession of
- Zeal, religious Ezra
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible459 BC · Ezra Comes to Jerusalem
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And said וָאֹמְרָה wāʾōmĕrâ אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and
- O my God אֱלֹהַי ʾĕlōhay אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- I am ashamed בֹּשְׁתִּי bōšĕttî בּוּשׁ Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- and blush וְנִכְלַמְתִּי wĕniklamtî כָּלַם Verb · niphal perfect, first person common singular · with and
- to lift up לְהָרִים lĕhārîm רוּם Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition
- my face פָּנַי pānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- to thee, my God אֱלֹהַי ʾĕlōhay אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- for our iniquities כִּי kî Conjunction עֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ ʿăwōnōtênû עָוֺן Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common plural
- are increased רָבוּ rābû רָבָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- over אֵלֶיךָ ʾēlêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular לְמַעְלָה lĕmaʿlâ מַעַל Adverb · with preposition, ending: toward
- head רֹּאשׁ rōʾš רֹאשׁ Noun · masculine singular
- and our trespass וְאַשְׁמָתֵנוּ wĕʾašmātēnû אַשְׁמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: first person common plural
- is grown up גָדְלָה gādĕlâ גָּדַל Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- unto the heavens עַד ʿad Preposition לַשָּׁמָיִם laššāmāyim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
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