Discovery BoxEzra 9:4 
Context9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 1 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 2 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
Ezra 9:13
Context9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint 3 toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.
Ezra 9:15
Context9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt 4 no one can really stand before you.”
1 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).
4 tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
