Ezra 9:5

And, at the evening gift, I arose from mine affliction, which had been accompanied by the rending of my garment and my robe,—and I bowed upon my knees, and spread forth my hands unto Yahweh my God;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God.

In Context

4Then, unto me, were gathered, all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, concerning the unfaithfulness of them who had been exiled,—but, I, sat stunned, until the evening gift.

6and said, O my God, I turn pale and am ashamed, to lift up, O my God, my face unto thee,—for, our iniquities, have multiplied above the head, and our guilt hath magnified itself unto the heavens.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:33So Moses went away from Pharaoh out of the city, and spread out his hands unto Yahweh,—then did the thunderings and the hail cease, and, rain, was not poured out on the earth.

1 Kings 8:38any prayer, any supplication which, any son of earth, may have, of all thy people Israel,—who will certainly know every man the plague of his own heart, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house,

2 Chronicles 6:13for Solomon had made a platform of bronze, and had set it in the midst of the enclosure, five cubits, the length thereof, and, five cubits, the breadth thereof, and, three cubits, the height thereof,-and he stood thereon, and knelt upon his knees, in the presence of all the convocation of Israel, and spread forth his hands, heavenward;

Psalms 95:6Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;

Psalms 143:6I have spread out my hands unto thee, My soul, is as a thirsty land, for thee. [Selah.]

Luke 22:41And, he, was torn from them about a stone’s throw; and, bending his knees, he began to pray,

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:2-5

Ezra's Reformation. ( b. c. 456.) 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the… Read the whole commentary →

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