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And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them: 'Ye have broken faith, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

הַכֹּהֵן֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.'

הָאָ֔רֶץ (הָ) ha. “the”הַנָּשִׁ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice: 'As thou hast said, so it is for us to do.

הַקָּהָ֛ל (הַ) ha. “the”

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

הָעָ֥ם (הָ) ha. “the”וְהָעֵ֣ת (הָ) ha. “the”וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turne

הַקָּהָ֞ל (הַ) ha. “the”הַהֹשִׁ֞יב (הַ) ha. “who”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

הַלֵּוִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַגּוֹלָה֒ (הַ) ha. “the”הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (הַ) ha. “the”הָאָב֛וֹת (הָ) ha. “the”הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַדָּבָֽר׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And they were finished with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

הַהֹשִׁ֖יבוּ (הַ) ha. “who”הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women, namely: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah--the same is Kelita--Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (הַ) ha “the”

And of the singers: Eliashib; and of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים (הַ) ha “the”הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

THE WORDS of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the castle,

הַבִּירָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

that Hanani, one of my brethren, came out of Judah, he and certain men; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

הַיְּהוּדִ֧ים (הַ) hai. “the”הַפְּלֵיטָ֛ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַשֶּׁ֖בִי (הַ) ha. “the”

And they said unto 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 the gates thereof are burned with fire.'

הַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֞ים (הַֽ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁבִי֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֗לֶּה (הָ) ha. “<the>”הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

and said: 'I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments;

הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֵ֥ל (הָ) ha. “the”הַגָּד֖וֹל (הַ) ha. “<the>”וְהַנּוֹרָ֑א (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַבְּרִית֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israe

הַיּוֹם֙ (הַ) hai. “this”

We have dealt very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which Thou didst command Thy servant Moses.

הַמִּצְוֹ֗ת (הַ) ha. “the”הַֽחֻקִּים֙ (הַֽ) ha. “the”הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”

Remember, I beseech Thee, the word that Thou didst command Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal treacherously, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples;

הַדָּבָ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”

but if ye return unto Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though your dispersed were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell there.

הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַמָּק֔וֹם (הַ) ha. “the”

Now these are Thy servants and Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

הַגָּד֔וֹל (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַחֲזָקָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was

הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙ (הַֽ) ha. “<the>”הַיּ֔וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”הָאִ֣ישׁ (הָ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And it came to pass 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 unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיַּ֙יִן֙ (הַ) hai. “the”

And the king said unto me: 'Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.' Then I was very sore afraid.

הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”

And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִ֜יר (הָ) ha. “the”