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Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

לְעֶזְרָ֔א (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “for”

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּ (לֵ֠) Le. “to”לְהוֹצִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

מִלִּפְנֵי֙ (לִּ) li “to”

And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;

לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ (לְ) le. “to”

And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear be

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

לְהוֹסִ֖יף (לְ) le. “to”

So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

לַעֲמ֣וֹד (לַ) la. “to”לְי֤וֹם (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לִשְׁנַ֔יִם (לִ) li “to”לִפְשֹׁ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”

So now let our rulers be representatives for all the people, and let all those in our towns who are married to strange women come at fixed times, and with them the responsible men and the judges of every town, till the burning wrath of our God is turned

לְֽכָל־ (לְֽ) le. “for”לְעִתִּ֣ים (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֞יב (לְ) le. “<to>”לַדָּבָ֥ר (לַ) la. “to the”

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with c

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “for”לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ (לְ) le. “to”

And they got to the end of all the men who were married to strange women by the first day of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

And they gave their word that they would put away their wives; and for their sin, they gave an offering of a male sheep of the flock.

לְהוֹצִ֣יא (לְ) le. “to”

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

לִי֒ (לִ) l “to”

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (לִ) li “to”לְפָנֶ֤יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king

לְיִרְאָ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַחֲמִ֔ים (לְ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “of the”

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”לְפָנָ֑יו (לְ) le. “[was] <to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”