Ezra.9.7

Ezra 9:7

KJV

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Cross References

1 Kings 8:47

KJV

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 29:6

KJV

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

Reforms Begun

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

Psalm 106:6

KJV

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

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 32:23

KJV

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

Jeremiah 32:32

KJV GOD

Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

The LORD Answers Jeremiah

Daniel 9:7

KJV

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Ezra 9:7

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Cross References

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

Reforms Begun

Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

A Call to Repentance

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

The LORD Answers Jeremiah

Daniel’s Prayer for His People