Ezra 9:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 9:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 9:1 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites,..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 9:1 — KJV
“Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.”
— Ezra 9:1 (KJV)
Ezra 9:1 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 9:1
“And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 9:1: now, these, things
“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;”
Shares key themes with Ezra 9:1: now, people, priests
“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 9:1: canaanites, hittites, perizzites
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Ezra 9:1: even, canaanites, hittites
“And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 9:1: now, canaanites, hittites
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