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9 After this had been done, the leaders approached me. “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites,” they declared, “have not separated themselves from the abominable practices of the natives, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites; 2 they have married their daughters and married their sons to their daughters, mixing the sacred race with the natives. Yes, and the authorities and deputies have been foremost in this offence.”
3 When I heard that, I tore my tunic and my robe, I tore my hair and my beard, and I sat down aghast. 4 I was joined by everyone who trembled at the word of the God of Israel, on account of the offence committed by the exiles. Till the evening offering I sat aghast, 5 but at the evening offering I rose from my abasement, with my tunic and robe rent, and, falling on my knees, I spread out my hands to the Eternal my God.
6 “O my God,” I said, “I am ashamed, I blush to lift my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities are higher than our heads, our guilt has reached the skies. 7 From the days of our fathers to this day we have been gravely guilty, and for our iniquities we, with our kings and our priests, have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to disgrace, as at this day. 8 For a brief moment the Eternal our God has shown us favour, by letting a remnant of us escape, and by giving us a footing in his sacred place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us sustenance in the days of our bondage. 9 For bondmen we are; and yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia, to grant us sustenance, to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to enjoy his protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 “But after this, O our God, what shall we say? We have forsaken the commands 11 which thou didst issue through thy servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the foulness of the natives, by their abominations, for they have filled it with their filth from end to end. 12 You must not therefore marry your daughters to their sons, nor your sons to their daughters; you must never seek their peace or prosperity, if you are to be strong and enjoy the good of the land and leave it for your children to inherit for all time.’ 13 And after all that has come upon us for our misdeeds and our great guilt, after thou, our God, hast not punished us to the full for our iniquities but hast spared us this remnant, 14 are we again to break thy commands and intermarry with the peoples who practise such abominations? Wouldst thou not then be so angry as to destroy us, till neither remnant nor survivor remained? 15 O Eternal, the God of Israel, thou art just; a remnant of us is left surviving at this day, and here we stand guilty before thee, for none of us can face thee in this plight!”