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As Ezra prayed and confessed ... threw himself down
Ezra speaks of himself as if he were someone else. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns)
threw himself down
quickly went from standing to lying facedown
before God's house
in front of the temple
Shekaniah
See how you translated this in Esra 8:5.
Jehiel
See how you translated this in Esra 8:9.
We have been unfaithful to our God
This was made as a public confession, not as a boastful claim.
translationWords
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ezra
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/confess
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/assembly
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elam
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope