en_tn/ezr/09/08.md

mercy from Yahweh our God has come

God deciding to be merciful is spoken of as if mercy were a person who could move. Alternate translation: "Yahweh our God has decided to be merciful to us and" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

an escaped remnant

"some survivors who have escaped captivity"