V.1 Now in the twenty 6242 and fourth 702 day 3117 of this month 2320 the children 1121 of Israel 3478 were assembled 622-8 with fasting, 6685 and with sackclothes, 8242 and earth 127 upon them.

9:2 And the seed 2233 of Israel 3478 separated 914-11 themselves from all strangers, 1121 5236 and stood 5975-4 and confessed 3034-101 their sins, 2403 and the iniquities 5771 of their fathers. 1

9:3 And they stood up 6965-4 in their place, 5977 and read 7121-4 in the book 5612 of the law 8451 of the LORD 3068 their God 430 [one] fourth 7243 part of the day; 3117 and [another] fourth 7243 part they confessed, 3034-102 and worshipped 7812-102 the LORD 3068 their God. 430

9:4 Then stood up 6965-4 upon the stairs, 4608 of the Levites, 3881 Jeshua, 3442 and Bani, 1137 Kadmiel, 6934 Shebaniah, 7645 Bunni, 1138 Sherebiah, 8274 Bani, 1137 [and] Chenani, 3662 and cried 2199-4 with a loud 1419 voice 6963 unto the LORD 3068 their God. 430

9:5 Then the Levites, 3881 Jeshua, 3442 and Kadmiel, 6934 Bani, 1137 Hashabniah, 2813 Sherebiah, 8274 Hodijah, 1941 Shebaniah, 7645 [and] Pethahiah, 6611 said, 559-4 Stand up 6965-3 [and] bless 1288-16 the LORD 3068 your God 430 for ever 5769 and ever: 5769 and blessed 1288-17 be thy glorious 3519 name, 8034 which is exalted 7311-38 above all blessing 1293 and praise. 8416

9:6 Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD 3068 alone; thou hast made 6213-1 heaven, 8064 the heaven 8064 of heavens, 8064 with all their host, 6635 the earth, 776 and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, 3220 and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest 2421-18 them all; and the host 6635 of heaven 8064 worshippeth 7812-102 thee.

9:7 Thou [art] the LORD 3068 the God, 430 who didst choose 977-1 Abram, 87 and broughtest him forth 3318-52 out of Ur 218 of the Chaldees, 3778 and gavest 7760-1 him the name 8034 of Abraham; 85

9:8 And foundest 4672-1 his heart 3824 faithful 539-12 before 6440 thee, and madest 3772-2 a covenant 1285 with him to give 5414-2 the land 776 of the Canaanites, 3669 the Hittites, 2850 the Amorites, 567 and the Perizzites, 6522 and the Jebusites, 2983 and the Girgashites, 1622 to give 5414-2 [it, I say], to his seed, 2233 and hast performed 6965-55 thy words; 1697 for thou [art] righteous: 6662

9:9 And didst see 7200-4 the affliction 6040 of our fathers 1 in Egypt, 4714 and heardest 8085-1 their cry 2201 by the Red 5488 sea; 3220

9:10 And shewedst 5414-4 signs 226 and wonders 4159 upon Pharaoh, 6547 and on all his servants, 5650 and on all the people 5971 of his land: 776 for thou knewest 3045-1 that they dealt proudly 2102-52 against them. So didst thou get 6213-4 thee a name, 8034 as [it is] this day. 3117

9:11 And thou didst divide 1234-1 the sea 3220 before 6440 them, so that they went through 5674-4 the midst 8432 of the sea 3220 on the dry land; 3004 and their persecutors 7291-6 thou threwest 7993-52 into the deeps, 4688 as a stone 68 into the mighty 5794 waters. 4325

9:12 Moreover thou leddest 5148-52 them in the day 3119 by a cloudy 6051 pillar; 5982 and in the night 3915 by a pillar 5982 of fire, 784 to give them light 215-53 in the way 1870 wherein they should go. 3212-4

9:13 Thou camest down 3381-1 also upon mount 2022 Sinai, 5514 and spakest 1696-15 with them from heaven, 8064 and gavest 5414-4 them right 3477 judgments, 4941 and true 571 laws, 8451 good 2896 statutes 2706 and commandments: 4687

9:14 And madest known 3045-52 unto them thy holy 6944 sabbath, 7676 and commandedst 6680-14 them precepts, 4687 statutes, 2706 and laws, 8451 by the hand 3027 of Moses 4872 thy servant: 5650

9:15 And gavest 5414-1 them bread 3899 from heaven 8064 for their hunger, 7458 and broughtest forth 3318-52 water 4325 for them out of the rock 5553 for their thirst, 6772 and promisedst 559-4 them that they should go in 935-2 to possess 3423-2 the land 776 which thou hadst 5375-1 sworn 3027 to give 5414-2 them.

9:16 But they and our fathers 1 dealt proudly, 2102-52 and hardened 7185-55 their necks, 6203 and hearkened 8085-1 not to thy commandments, 4687

9:17 And refused 3985-17 to obey, 8085-2 neither were mindful 2142-1 of thy wonders 6381-12 that thou didst 6213-1 among them; but hardened 7185-55 their necks, 6203 and in their rebellion 4805 appointed 5414-4 a captain 7218 to return 7725-2 to their bondage: 5659 but thou [art] a God 433 ready to pardon, 5547 gracious 2587 and merciful, 7349 slow 750 to anger, 639 and of great 7227 kindness, 2617 and forsookest 5800-1 them not.

9:18 Yea, when they had made 6213-1 them a molten 4541 calf, 5695 and said, 559-4 This [is] thy God 430 that brought thee up 5927-52 out of Egypt, 4714 and had wrought 6213-4 great 1419 provocations; 5007

9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold 7227 mercies 7356 forsookest 5800-1 them not in the wilderness: 4057 the pillar 5982 of the cloud 6051 departed 5493-1 not from them by day, 3119 to lead 5148-53 them in the way; 1870 neither the pillar 5982 of fire 784 by night, 3915 to shew them light, 215-53 and the way 1870 wherein they should go. 3212-4

9:20 Thou gavest 5414-1 also thy good 2896 spirit 7307 to instruct 7919-53 them, and withheldest 4513-1 not thy manna 4478 from their mouth, 6310 and gavest 5414-1 them water 4325 for their thirst. 6772

9:21 Yea, forty 705 years 8141 didst thou sustain 3557-43 them in the wilderness, 4057 [so that] they lacked 2637-1 nothing; their clothes 8008 waxed not old, 1086-1 and their feet 7272 swelled 1216-1 not.

9:22 Moreover thou gavest 5414-4 them kingdoms 4467 and nations, 5971 and didst divide 2505-4 them into corners: 6285 so they possessed 3423-4 the land 776 of Sihon, 5511 and the land 776 of the king 4428 of Heshbon, 2809 and the land 776 of Og 5747 king 4428 of Bashan. 1316

9:23 Their children 1121 also multipliedst 7235-52 thou as the stars 3556 of heaven, 8064 and broughtest 935-55 them into the land, 776 concerning which thou hadst promised 559-1 to their fathers, 1 that they should go in 935-2 to possess 3423-2 [it].

9:24 So the children 1121 went in 935-4 and possessed 3423-4 the land, 776 and thou subduedst 3665-55 before 6440 them the inhabitants 3427-6 of the land, 776 the Canaanites, 3669 and gavest 5414-4 them into their hands, 3027 with their kings, 4428 and the people 5971 of the land, 776 that they might do 6213-2 with them as they would. 7522

9:25 And they took 3920-4 strong 1219-7 cities, 5892 and a fat 8082 land, 127 and possessed 3423-4 houses 1004 full 4392 of all goods, 2898 wells 953 digged, 2672-7 vineyards, 3754 and oliveyards, 2132 and fruit 3978 trees 6086 in abundance: 7230 so they did eat, 398-4 and were filled, 7646-4 and became fat, 8080-55 and delighted 5727-101 themselves in thy great 1419 goodness. 2898

9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, 4784-55 and rebelled 4775-4 against thee, and cast 7993-55 thy law 8451 behind 310 their backs, 1458 and slew 2026-1 thy prophets 5030 which testified 5749-52 against them to turn 7725-53 them to thee, and they wrought 6213-4 great 1419 provocations. 5007

9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst 5414-4 them into the hand 3027 of their enemies, 6862 who vexed 6887-55 them: and in the time 6256 of their trouble, 6869 when they cried 6817-4 unto thee, thou heardest 8085-4 [them] from heaven; 8064 and according to thy manifold 7227 mercies 7356 thou gavest 5414- 4 them saviours, 3467-56 who saved 3467-55 them out of the hand 3027 of their enemies. 6862

9:28 But after they had rest, 5117-2 they did 6213-2 evil 7451 again 7725-4 before 6440 thee: therefore leftest 5800-4 thou them in the hand 3027 of their enemies, 341-6 so that they had the dominion 7287-4 over them: yet when they returned, 7725-4 and cried 2199-4 unto thee, thou heardest 8085-4 [them] from heaven; 8064 and many 7227 times 6256 didst thou deliver 5337-55 them according to thy mercies; 7356

9:29 And testifiedst 5749-55 against them, that thou mightest bring them again 7725-53 unto thy law: 8451 yet they dealt proudly, 2102-52 and hearkened 8085-1 not unto thy commandments, 4687 but sinned 2398-1 against thy judgments, 4941 (which if a man 120 do, 6213-4 he shall live 2421-1 in them;) and withdrew 5414-4 5637-6 the shoulder, 3802 and hardened 7185-52 their neck, 6203 and would not hear. 8085-1

9:30 Yet many 7227 years 8141 didst thou forbear 4900-4 them, and testifiedst 5749-55 against them by thy spirit 7307 in 3027 thy prophets: 5030 yet would they not give ear: 238-52 therefore gavest 5414-4 thou them into the hand 3027 of the people 5971 of the lands. 776

9:31 Nevertheless for thy great 7227 mercies' 7356 sake thou didst 6213-1 not utterly consume 3617 them, nor forsake 5800- 1 them; for thou [art] a gracious 2587 and merciful 7349 God. 410

9:32 Now therefore, our God, 430 the great, 1419 the mighty, 1368 and the terrible 3372-12 God, 410 who keepest 8104-6 covenant 1285 and mercy, 2617 let not all the trouble 8513 seem little 4591-4 before 6440 thee, that hath come upon 4672-1 us, on our kings, 4428 on our princes, 8269 and on our priests, 3548 and on our prophets, 5030 and on our fathers, 1 and on all thy people, 5971 since the time 3117 of the kings 4428 of Assyria 804 unto this day. 3117

9:33 Howbeit thou [art] just 6662 in all that is brought 935- 6 upon us; for thou hast done 6213-1 right, 571 but we have done wickedly: 7561-52

9:34 Neither have our kings, 4428 our princes, 8269 our priests, 3548 nor our fathers, 1 kept 6213-1 thy law, 8451 nor hearkened 7181-52 unto thy commandments 4687 and thy testimonies, 5715 wherewith thou didst testify 5749-52 against them.

9:35 For they have not served 5647-1 thee in their kingdom, 4438 and in thy great 7227 goodness 2898 that thou gavest 5414-1 them, and in the large 7342 and fat 8082 land 776 which thou gavest 5414-1 before 6440 them, neither turned 7725-1 they from their wicked 7451 works. 4611

9:36 Behold, we [are] servants 5650 this day, 3117 and [for] the land 776 that thou gavest 5414-1 unto our fathers 1 to eat 398-2 the fruit 6529 thereof and the good 2898 thereof, behold, we [are] servants 5650 in it:

9:37 And it yieldeth much 7235-56 increase 8393 unto the kings 4428 whom thou hast set 5414-1 over us because of our sins: 2403 also they have dominion 4910-6 over our bodies, 1472 and over our cattle, 929 at their pleasure, 7522 and we [are] in great 1419 distress. 6869