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Ezra · read by Daniel Rudge
26 verses, in order. Only the verses Daniel read aloud are shown.
Ezra 4
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Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.Read from KJV · Haggai chapters 1-2 (part 1)
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Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.Read from KJV · Haggai chapters 1-2 (part 1)
Ezra 5
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Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.Read from KJV · Haggai chapters 1-2 (part 1)
Ezra 6
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So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.Read from KJV · Haggai chapters 1-2 (part 1)
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And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.Read from KJV · Haggai chapters 1-2 (part 1)
Ezra 7
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So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.Read from NASB1995 · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
Ezra 8
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So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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They also delivered the king's edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
Ezra 9
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When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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and said: "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandmentsRead from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You."Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
Ezra 10
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While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!"Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives."Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)
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All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.Read from KJV · Ezra chapters 7-10 (ch 7)