Ezra 9:14

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed [us], so that [there should be] no remnant nor escaping?

Complete Jewish Bible:

are we to break your mitzvot again by making marriages with the peoples who have these disgusting practices? Won't you become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, so that there would be no surviving remnant and no one who escapes?

Berean Standard Bible:

shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

American Standard Version:

shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Should we again{H7725} break{H6565} thy commandments{H4687}, and join in affinity{H2859} with the people{H5971} of these abominations{H8441}? wouldest not thou be angry{H599} with us till thou hadst consumed{H3615} us, so that there should be no remnant{H7611} nor escaping{H6413}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 9:8

  • Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

Ezra 9:2

  • For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Deuteronomy 9:14

  • Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Exodus 32:10

  • Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

John 5:14

  • Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Romans 6:1

  • ¶ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Judges 2:2

  • And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

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Commentary for Ezra 9:14

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7725
    There are 952 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוּב
    Transliteration: shûwb
    Pronunciation: shoob
    Description: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
  2. Strong's Number: H6565
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּרַר
    Transliteration: pârar
    Pronunciation: paw-rar'
    Description: a primitive root; to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate; [idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.
  3. Strong's Number: H4687
    There are 177 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִצְוָה
    Transliteration: mitsvâh
    Pronunciation: mits-vaw'
    Description: from צָוָה; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law); (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
  4. Strong's Number: H2859
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָתַן
    Transliteration: châthan
    Pronunciation: khaw-than'
    Description: a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage; join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
  5. Strong's Number: H5971
    There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַם
    Transliteration: ʻam
    Pronunciation: am
    Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
  6. Strong's Number: H8441
    There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תּוֹעֵבַה
    Transliteration: tôwʻêbah
    Pronunciation: to-ay-baw'
    Description: or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of תַּעָב; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
  7. Strong's Number: H599
    There are 108 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָנַף
    Transliteration: ʼânaph
    Pronunciation: aw-naf'
    Description: a primitive root; to breathe hard, i.e. be enraged; be angry (displeased).
  8. Strong's Number: H3615
    There are 200 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּלָה
    Transliteration: kâlâh
    Pronunciation: kaw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume); accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
  9. Strong's Number: H7611
    There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שְׁאֵרִית
    Transliteration: shᵉʼêrîyth
    Pronunciation: sheh-ay-reeth'
    Description: from שָׁאַר; a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion; that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der), remnant, residue, rest.
  10. Strong's Number: H6413
    There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פְּלֵיטָה
    Transliteration: pᵉlêyṭâh
    Pronunciation: pel-ay-taw'
    Description: or פְּלֵטָה; feminine of פָּלִיט; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion; deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.