Ezra 9:14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Officials inform Ezra that the returned Israelites, including priests and Levites, have intermarried with the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices the law forbids. Ezra tears his garments, pulls hair from his head and beard, and sits in shock until evening; …
Other Translations
shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us--even to consumption--till there is no remnant and escaped part?
Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?
Cross References
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and …
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon …
Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed …
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make …
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest …
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye …
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled …