Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the clan of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have broken faith with God by marrying foreign women, but even so there is still hope for Israel. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this, Shechaniah Ezra 10:26 And of the sons of Elam, Mathania, Zacharias, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jerimoth, and Elia. Nehemiah 3:29 After them built Sadoc the son of Emmer over against his house. And after him built Semaia the son of Sechenias, keeper of the east gate. Elam Ezra 2:7,31 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four. . . . Nehemiah 7:12,34 The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four. . . . Compare James 2:9 But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors. Exodus 34:12 Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin: Nehemiah 13:27 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women: yet now there is hope Exodus 34:6,7 And when he passed before him, he said: O the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, patient and of much compassion, and true, . . . Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. . . . Jeremiah 3:12,13 Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever. . . . 1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. . . . Context Shecaniah's Encouragement1Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching, and weeping, and lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Israel an exceeding great assembly of men and women and children, and the people wept with much lamentation. 2And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,3Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law.… Cross References Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression. Nehemiah 13:27 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women: Jump to Previous Broken Elam Ezra Faith Foreign Hope Israel Jehiel Married Peoples Shecaniah Shechaniah Strange Trespassed WomenJump to Next Broken Elam Ezra Faith Foreign Hope Israel Jehiel Married Peoples Shecaniah Shechaniah Strange Trespassed WomenLinks Ezra 10:2 NIVEzra 10:2 NLT Ezra 10:2 ESV Ezra 10:2 NASB Ezra 10:2 Bible Apps Ezra 10:2 Biblia Paralela Ezra 10:2 Chinese Bible Ezra 10:2 French Bible Ezra 10:2 German Bible Alphabetical: and around been But by descendants Elam Ezra for foreign from God have hope in is Israel Jehiel land married marrying now of one our peoples said Shecaniah son sons spite still the Then there this to unfaithful us We women yet OT History: Ezra 10:2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel one (Ezr. Ez) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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