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Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our…
“And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.”
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The verses around Ezra 9:8.
6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Verse explanation
Ezra acknowledges that the very return from exile was already an undeserved favor from God, a second chance he calls “a nail” driven again into the holy ground.
From the Ezra 9 study in Bible in Stories.
Ezra 9:8 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E agora, como por um pequeno momento, se nos fez graça da parte do Senhor, nosso Deus, para nos deixar aquelles que escapem, e para dar-nos uma estaca no seu sancto logar: para nos alumiar os olhos, ó Deus nosso, e para nos dar uma pouca de vida na nossa servidão;
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas agora, por um breve momento, houve favor da parte do SENHOR nosso Deus, para deixar um restante livre, e para nos dar uma estaca em seu santo lugar, a fim de iluminar nossos olhos, ó Deus nosso, e nos dar um pouco de alívio em nossa escravidão.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Ahora, por un corto tiempo, el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos ha dado gracia, preservando a algunos de nosotros como un remanente, y dándonos seguridad en su lugar santo. Nuestro Dios ha iluminado nuestras vidas dándonos un alivio de nuestra esclavitud.
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