1. Now when these things H428 were done H3615 , the princes H8269 came H5066 to H413 me, saying H559 , The people H5971 of Israel H3478 , and the priests H3548 , and the Levites H3881 , have not H3808 separated themselves H914 from the people H4480 H5971 of the lands H776 , doing according to their abominations H8441 , even of the Canaanites H3669 , the Hittites H2850 , the Perizzites H6522 , the Jebusites H2983 , the Ammonites H5984 , the Moabites H4125 , the Egyptians H4713 , and the Amorites H567 .
2. For H3588 they have taken H5375 of their daughters H4480 H1323 for themselves , and for their sons H1121 : so that the holy H6944 seed H2233 have mingled themselves H6148 with the people H5971 of those lands H776 : yea , the hand H3027 of the princes H8269 and rulers H5461 hath been H1961 chief H7223 in this H2088 trespass H4604 .
3. And when I heard H8085 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 , I rent H7167 H853 my garment H899 and my mantle H4598 , and plucked off H4803 the hair H4480 H8181 of my head H7218 and of my beard H2206 , and sat down H3427 astonished H8074 .
4. Then were assembled H622 unto H413 me every one H3605 that trembled H2730 at the words H1697 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 , because H5921 of the transgression H4604 of those that had been carried away H1473 ; and I H589 sat H3427 astonished H8074 until H5704 the evening H6153 sacrifice H4503 .
5. And at the evening H6153 sacrifice H4503 I arose up H6965 from my heaviness H4480 H8589 ; and having rent H7167 my garment H899 and my mantle H4598 , I fell H3766 upon H5921 my knees H1290 , and spread out H6566 my hands H3709 unto H413 the LORD H3068 my God H430 ,
6. And said H559 , O my God H430 , I am ashamed H954 and blush H3637 to lift up H7311 my face H6440 to H413 thee , my God H430 : for H3588 our iniquities H5771 are increased H7235 over H4605 our head H7218 , and our trespass H819 is grown up H1431 unto H5704 the heavens H8064 .
7. Since the days H4480 H3117 of our fathers H1 have we H587 been in a great H1419 trespass H819 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 ; and for our iniquities H5771 have we H587 , our kings H4428 , and our priests H3548 , been delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the kings H4428 of the lands H776 , to the sword H2719 , to captivity H7628 , and to a spoil H961 , and to confusion H1322 of face H6440 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
8. And now H6258 for a little H4592 space H7281 grace H8467 hath been H1961 showed from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , to leave H7604 us a remnant to escape H6413 , and to give H5414 us a nail H3489 in his holy H6944 place H4725 , that our God H430 may lighten H215 our eyes H5869 , and give H5414 us a little H4592 reviving H4241 in our bondage H5659 .
9. For H3588 we H587 were bondmen H5650 ; yet our God H430 hath not H3808 forsaken H5800 us in our bondage H5659 , but hath extended H5186 mercy H2617 unto H5921 us in the sight H6440 of the kings H4428 of Persia H6539 , to give H5414 us a reviving H4241 , to set up H7311 H853 the house H1004 of our God H430 , and to repair H5975 H853 the desolations H2723 thereof , and to give H5414 us a wall H1447 in Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem H3389 .
10. And now H6258 , O our God H430 , what H4100 shall we say H559 after H310 this H2063 ? for H3588 we have forsaken H5800 thy commandments H4687 ,
11. Which H834 thou hast commanded H6680 by H3027 thy servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , saying H559 , The land H776 , unto which H834 ye H859 go H935 to possess H3423 it , is an unclean H5079 land H776 with the filthiness H5079 of the people H5971 of the lands H776 , with their abominations H8441 , which H834 have filled H4390 it from one end H4480 H6310 to H413 another H6310 with their uncleanness H2932 .
12. Now H6258 therefore give H5414 not H408 your daughters H1323 unto their sons H1121 , neither H408 take H5375 their daughters H1323 unto your sons H1121 , nor H3808 seek H1875 their peace H7965 or their wealth H2896 forever H5704 H5769 : that H4616 ye may be strong H2388 , and eat H398 H853 the good H2898 of the land H776 , and leave it for an inheritance H3423 to your children H1121 forever H5704 H5769 .
13. And after H310 all H3605 that is come H935 upon H5921 us for our evil H7451 deeds H4639 , and for our great H1419 trespass H819 , seeing H3588 that thou H859 our God H430 hast punished H2820 us less H4295 than our iniquities H4480 H5771 deserve , and hast given H5414 us such deliverance H6413 as this H2063 ;
14. Should we again H7725 break H6565 thy commandments H4687 , and join in affinity H2859 with the people H5971 of these H428 abominations H8441 ? wouldest not H3808 thou be angry H599 with us till H5704 thou hadst consumed H3615 us , so that there should be no H369 remnant H7611 nor escaping H6413 ?
15. O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , thou H859 art righteous H6662 : for H3588 we remain H7604 yet escaped H6413 , as it is this H2063 day H3117 : behold H2009 , we are before H6440 thee in our trespasses H819 : for H3588 we cannot H369 stand H5975 before H6440 thee because H5921 of this H2088 .