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Ezra 09 Translation Questions
Q? In what way did the people of Israel not separate themselves from the people of other lands?
A. The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands, for they took some of their daughters and sons. [9:1-2]
Q? How did Ezra respond to the people's unfaithfulness?
A. Ezra ripped his clothing and robe and tore the hair from his head and beard. Then he sat ashamed. [9:3]
Q? Why was Ezra ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh?
A. Ezra was ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh , for his people's iniquities increased over their head, and their guilt grew to the heavens. [9:6]
Q? Why did Yahweh extend covenant faithfulness to Ezra's people?
A. Yahweh extended covenant faithfulness to Ezra's people in order to give the people new strength so they could rebuild God's house and raise its ruins. He did that so that he could give them a wall of safety in Judah and Jerusalem. [9:9]
Q? How was the land contaminated?
A. The land was contaminated by the people of the lands with their abominations that they filled from one end to the other with their uncleanness. [9:11]
Q? What did God hold back?
A. God held back what the people's iniquities deserved. [9:13]