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Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Then Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

מִלִּפְנֵי֙ (לִּ) li “to”

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem;

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

And that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives to increase the trespass of Israel.

לְהוֹסִ֖יף (לְ) le. “to”

Now therefore make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the foreign wives.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand abroad, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them who have taken foreign wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter shall be turned from us.

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

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

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

And they made an end with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

לְהוֹצִ֣יא (לְ) le. “to”

And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.

לִי֒ (לִ) l “to”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

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

Let thy ear now be attentive, and thy eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

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

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But if ye turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you driven to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup-bearer.

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

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not before been sad in his presence.

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