Dual Panel1Now in the twenty <06242> and fourth <0702> day <03117> of this month <02320> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were assembled <0622> (8738) with fasting <06685>_, and with sackclothes <08242>_, and earth <0127> upon them.
2And the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> separated <0914> (8735) themselves from all strangers <01121> <05236>_, and stood <05975> (8799) and confessed <03034> (8691) their sins <02403>_, and the iniquities <05771> of their fathers <01>_. {strangers: Heb. strange children}
3And they stood up <06965> (8799) in their place <05977>_, and read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430> [one] fourth part <07243> of the day <03117>_; and [another] fourth part <07243> they confessed <03034> (8693)_, and worshipped <07812> (8693) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_.
4Then stood up <06965> (8799) upon the stairs <04608>_, of the Levites <03881>_, Jeshua <03442>_, and Bani <01137>_, Kadmiel <06934>_, Shebaniah <07645>_, Bunni <01138>_, Sherebiah <08274>_, Bani <01137>_, [and] Chenani <03662>_, and cried <02199> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> unto the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_. {stairs: or, scaffold}
5Then the Levites <03881>_, Jeshua <03442>_, and Kadmiel <06934>_, Bani <01137>_, Hashabniah <02813>_, Sherebiah <08274>_, Hodijah <01941>_, Shebaniah <07645>_, [and] Pethahiah <06611>_, said <0559> (8799)_, Stand up <06965> (8798) [and] bless <01288> (8761) the LORD <03068> your God <0430> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>_: and blessed <01288> (8762) be thy glorious <03519> name <08034>_, which is exalted <07311> (8784) above all blessing <01293> and praise <08416>_.
6Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD <03068> alone; thou hast made <06213> (8804) heaven <08064>_, the heaven <08064> of heavens <08064>_, with all their host <06635>_, the earth <0776>_, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas <03220>_, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest <02421> (8764) them all; and the host <06635> of heaven <08064> worshippeth <07812> (8693) thee.
7Thou [art] the LORD <03068> the God <0430>_, who didst choose <0977> (8804) Abram <087>_, and broughtest him forth <03318> (8689) out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <03778>_, and gavest <07760> (8804) him the name <08034> of Abraham <085>_;
8And foundest <04672> (8804) his heart <03824> faithful <0539> (8737) before <06440> thee, and madest <03772> (8800) a covenant <01285> with him to give <05414> (8800) the land <0776> of the Canaanites <03669>_, the Hittites <02850>_, the Amorites <0567>_, and the Perizzites <06522>_, and the Jebusites <02983>_, and the Girgashites <01622>_, to give <05414> (8800) [it, I say], to his seed <02233>_, and hast performed <06965> (8686) thy words <01697>_; for thou [art] righteous <06662>_:
9And didst see <07200> (8799) the affliction <06040> of our fathers <01> in Egypt <04714>_, and heardest <08085> (8804) their cry <02201> by the Red <05488> sea <03220>_;
10And shewedst <05414> (8799) signs <0226> and wonders <04159> upon Pharaoh <06547>_, and on all his servants <05650>_, and on all the people <05971> of his land <0776>_: for thou knewest <03045> (8804) that they dealt proudly <02102> (8689) against them. So didst thou get <06213> (8799) thee a name <08034>_, as [it is] this day <03117>_.
11And thou didst divide <01234> (8804) the sea <03220> before <06440> them, so that they went through <05674> (8799) the midst <08432> of the sea <03220> on the dry land <03004>_; and their persecutors <07291> (8802) thou threwest <07993> (8689) into the deeps <04688>_, as a stone <068> into the mighty <05794> waters <04325>_.
12Moreover thou leddest <05148> (8689) them in the day <03119> by a cloudy <06051> pillar <05982>_; and in the night <03915> by a pillar <05982> of fire <0784>_, to give them light <0215> (8687) in the way <01870> wherein they should go <03212> (8799)_.
13Thou camest down <03381> (8804) also upon mount <02022> Sinai <05514>_, and spakest <01696> (8763) with them from heaven <08064>_, and gavest <05414> (8799) them right <03477> judgments <04941>_, and true <0571> laws <08451>_, good <02896> statutes <02706> and commandments <04687>_: {true...: Heb. laws of truth}
14And madest known <03045> (8689) unto them thy holy <06944> sabbath <07676>_, and commandedst <06680> (8765) them precepts <04687>_, statutes <02706>_, and laws <08451>_, by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> thy servant <05650>_:
15And gavest <05414> (8804) them bread <03899> from heaven <08064> for their hunger <07458>_, and broughtest forth <03318> (8689) water <04325> for them out of the rock <05553> for their thirst <06772>_, and promisedst <0559> (8799) them that they should go in <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) the land <0776> which thou hadst sworn <03027> <05375> (8804) to give <05414> (8800) them. {which...: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them}
16But they and our fathers <01> dealt proudly <02102> (8689)_, and hardened <07185> (8686) their necks <06203>_, and hearkened <08085> (8804) not to thy commandments <04687>_,
17And refused <03985> (8762) to obey <08085> (8800)_, neither were mindful <02142> (8804) of thy wonders <06381> (8737) that thou didst <06213> (8804) among them; but hardened <07185> (8686) their necks <06203>_, and in their rebellion <04805> appointed <05414> (8799) a captain <07218> to return <07725> (8800) to their bondage <05659>_: but thou [art] a God <0433> ready to pardon <05547>_, gracious <02587> and merciful <07349>_, slow <0750> to anger <0639>_, and of great <07227> kindness <02617>_, and forsookest <05800> (8804) them not. {a God...: Heb. a God of pardons}
18Yea, when they had made <06213> (8804) them a molten <04541> calf <05695>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, This [is] thy God <0430> that brought thee up <05927> (8689) out of Egypt <04714>_, and had wrought <06213> (8799) great <01419> provocations <05007>_;
19Yet thou in thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> forsookest <05800> (8804) them not in the wilderness <04057>_: the pillar <05982> of the cloud <06051> departed <05493> (8804) not from them by day <03119>_, to lead <05148> (8687) them in the way <01870>_; neither the pillar <05982> of fire <0784> by night <03915>_, to shew them light <0215> (8687)_, and the way <01870> wherein they should go <03212> (8799)_.
20Thou gavest <05414> (8804) also thy good <02896> spirit <07307> to instruct <07919> (8687) them, and withheldest <04513> (8804) not thy manna <04478> from their mouth <06310>_, and gavest <05414> (8804) them water <04325> for their thirst <06772>_.
21Yea, forty <0705> years <08141> didst thou sustain <03557> (8773) them in the wilderness <04057>_, [so that] they lacked <02637> (8804) nothing; their clothes <08008> waxed not old <01086> (8804)_, and their feet <07272> swelled <01216> (8804) not.
22Moreover thou gavest <05414> (8799) them kingdoms <04467> and nations <05971>_, and didst divide <02505> (8799) them into corners <06285>_: so they possessed <03423> (8799) the land <0776> of Sihon <05511>_, and the land <0776> of the king <04428> of Heshbon <02809>_, and the land <0776> of Og <05747> king <04428> of Bashan <01316>_.
23Their children <01121> also multipliedst <07235> (8689) thou as the stars <03556> of heaven <08064>_, and broughtest <0935> (8686) them into the land <0776>_, concerning which thou hadst promised <0559> (8804) to their fathers <01>_, that they should go in <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) [it].
24So the children <01121> went in <0935> (8799) and possessed <03423> (8799) the land <0776>_, and thou subduedst <03665> (8686) before <06440> them the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>_, the Canaanites <03669>_, and gavest <05414> (8799) them into their hands <03027>_, with their kings <04428>_, and the people <05971> of the land <0776>_, that they might do <06213> (8800) with them as they would <07522>_. {as they...: Heb. according to their will}
25And they took <03920> (8799) strong <01219> (8803) cities <05892>_, and a fat <08082> land <0127>_, and possessed <03423> (8799) houses <01004> full <04392> of all goods <02898>_, wells <0953> digged <02672> (8803)_, vineyards <03754>_, and oliveyards <02132>_, and fruit <03978> trees <06086> in abundance <07230>_: so they did eat <0398> (8799)_, and were filled <07646> (8799)_, and became fat <08080> (8686)_, and delighted <05727> (8691) themselves in thy great <01419> goodness <02898>_. {wells: or, cisterns} {fruit...: Heb. tree of food}
26Nevertheless they were disobedient <04784> (8686)_, and rebelled <04775> (8799) against thee, and cast <07993> (8686) thy law <08451> behind <0310> their backs <01458>_, and slew <02026> (8804) thy prophets <05030> which testified <05749> (8689) against them to turn <07725> (8687) them to thee, and they wrought <06213> (8799) great <01419> provocations <05007>_.
27Therefore thou deliveredst <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>_, who vexed <06887> (8686) them: and in the time <06256> of their trouble <06869>_, when they cried <06817> (8799) unto thee, thou heardest <08085> (8799) [them] from heaven <08064>_; and according to thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> thou gavest <05414> (8799) them saviours <03467> (8688)_, who saved <03467> (8686) them out of the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>_.
28But after they had rest <05117> (8800)_, they did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> again <07725> (8799) before <06440> thee: therefore leftest <05800> (8799) thou them in the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802)_, so that they had the dominion <07287> (8799) over them: yet when they returned <07725> (8799)_, and cried <02199> (8799) unto thee, thou heardest <08085> (8799) [them] from heaven <08064>_; and many <07227> times <06256> didst thou deliver <05337> (8686) them according to thy mercies <07356>_; {they did...: Heb. they returned to do evil}
29And testifiedst <05749> (8686) against them, that thou mightest bring them again <07725> (8687) unto thy law <08451>_: yet they dealt proudly <02102> (8689)_, and hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto thy commandments <04687>_, but sinned <02398> (8804) against thy judgments <04941>_, (which if a man <0120> do <06213> (8799)_, he shall live <02421> (8804) in them;) and withdrew <05414> (8799) <05637> (8802) the shoulder <03802>_, and hardened <07185> (8689) their neck <06203>_, and would not hear <08085> (8804)_. {withdrew...: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder}
30Yet many <07227> years <08141> didst thou forbear <04900> (8799) them, and testifiedst <05749> (8686) against them by thy spirit <07307> in <03027> thy prophets <05030>_: yet would they not give ear <0238> (8689)_: therefore gavest <05414> (8799) thou them into the hand <03027> of the people <05971> of the lands <0776>_. {forbear...: Heb. protract over them} {in thy...: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets}
31Nevertheless for thy great <07227> mercies <07356>_' sake thou didst <06213> (8804) not utterly consume <03617> them, nor forsake <05800> (8804) them; for thou [art] a gracious <02587> and merciful <07349> God <0410>_.
32Now therefore, our God <0430>_, the great <01419>_, the mighty <01368>_, and the terrible <03372> (8737) God <0410>_, who keepest <08104> (8802) covenant <01285> and mercy <02617>_, let not all the trouble <08513> seem little <04591> (8799) before <06440> thee, that hath come <04672> (8804) upon us, on our kings <04428>_, on our princes <08269>_, and on our priests <03548>_, and on our prophets <05030>_, and on our fathers <01>_, and on all thy people <05971>_, since the time <03117> of the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> unto this day <03117>_. {trouble: Heb. weariness} {that...: Heb. that hath found us}
33Howbeit thou [art] just <06662> in all that is brought <0935> (8802) upon us; for thou hast done <06213> (8804) right <0571>_, but we have done wickedly <07561> (8689)_:
34Neither have our kings <04428>_, our princes <08269>_, our priests <03548>_, nor our fathers <01>_, kept <06213> (8804) thy law <08451>_, nor hearkened <07181> (8689) unto thy commandments <04687> and thy testimonies <05715>_, wherewith thou didst testify <05749> (8689) against them.
35For they have not served <05647> (8804) thee in their kingdom <04438>_, and in thy great <07227> goodness <02898> that thou gavest <05414> (8804) them, and in the large <07342> and fat <08082> land <0776> which thou gavest <05414> (8804) before <06440> them, neither turned <07725> (8804) they from their wicked <07451> works <04611>_.
36Behold, we [are] servants <05650> this day <03117>_, and [for] the land <0776> that thou gavest <05414> (8804) unto our fathers <01> to eat <0398> (8800) the fruit <06529> thereof and the good <02898> thereof, behold, we [are] servants <05650> in it:
37And it yieldeth much <07235> (8688) increase <08393> unto the kings <04428> whom thou hast set <05414> (8804) over us because of our sins <02403>_: also they have dominion <04910> (8802) over our bodies <01472>_, and over our cattle <0929>_, at their pleasure <07522>_, and we [are] in great <01419> distress <06869>_.
38And because of all this we make <03772> (8802) a sure <0548> [covenant], and write <03789> (8802) [it]; and our princes <08269>_, Levites <03881>_, [and] priests <03548>_, seal <02856> (8803) [unto it]. {seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed}