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Ezra 9:6

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And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Cross References

Luke 18:13

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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Pharisee and the Publican

Revelation 18:5

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For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Babylon Is Fallen

1 Kings 8:47

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Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

2 Chronicles 28:9

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But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

Aram Defeats Judah

Ezra 9:13

KJV

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Ezra 9:15

KJV

O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Psalm 38:4

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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

Isaiah 59:12

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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Sin Separates Us from God

A Confession of Wickedness

Jeremiah 3:25

KJV

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

A Call to Repentance

Jeremiah 51:9

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We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

Ezra 9:6

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Cross References

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Pharisee and the Publican

Babylon Is Fallen

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

Aram Defeats Judah

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

Sin Separates Us from God

A Confession of Wickedness

A Call to Repentance

Judgment on Babylon

Babylon Judged for Sins against Israel