Ezr 9:6-15, Psa 109:29, Isa 50:11, Jer 2:26, 6:26, Lam 5:16, Eze 7:18 | ESV | STEP | saying : O my God , I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God , for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads , and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens .

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“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities ^ahave risen higher than our heads, and our ^bguilt has ^cmounted up to the heavens. 7 ^dFrom the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great ^eguilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, ^fand to utter shame, as it is today. 8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a ^gremnant and to give us a ^hsecure hold ^{▼▼Hebrew nail, or tent-pin} within his holy place, that our God may ^jbrighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery. 9 ^kFor we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, ^lbut has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection ^{▼▼Hebrew a wall} in Judea and Jerusalem.

10 “And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, 11 which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end with ⁿtheir uncleanness. 12 ^oTherefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land ^pand leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’ 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^qour great guilt, seeing that you, our ^rGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^sremnant as this, 14 shall we break your commandments again and ^tintermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^uuntil you consumed us, so that there should be no ^vremnant, nor any to escape? 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a ^wremnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our ^xguilt, ^yfor none can stand before you because of this.”

Psalms 109:29

29 May my accusers be ^zclothed with dishonor;
may they ^aabe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

Isaiah 50:11

11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the torches that you have kindled!
^abThis you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.

Jeremiah 2:26

26 “As a thief is shamed when caught,
so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
^acthey, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets,

Jeremiah 6:26

26 O daughter of my people, ^adput on sackcloth,
and ^aeroll in ashes;
^afmake mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.

Lamentations 5:16

16 ^agThe crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!

Ezekiel 7:18

18 ^ahThey put on sackcloth, and ^aihorror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and ^ajbaldness on all their heads.