Ezr 9:9, 13, Neh 9:33, 37, Jer 25:6-9, 11-14 | ESV | STEP | For we are slaves . Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery , but 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 in Judea and Jerusalem .

m[See ver. 6 above]

n[See ver. 6 above]

o[See ver. 6 above]

p ch. 1:15

q ch. 27:6; 43:10; [Isa. 44:28; 45:1]; See Ezek. 29:18-20

rSee ch. 18:16

s[See ver. 9 above]

t[ch. 28:14]; See ch. 27:3-6

u 2 Chr. 36:21, 22; Ezra 1:1; Dan. 9:2; [Isa. 23:15]

v[See ver. 11 above]

w ch. 51:24, 26, 62; Isa. 13:19

x ch. 51:24, 26, 62; Isa. 13:19

y ch. 51:24, 26, 62; Isa. 13:19

zSee ch. 46–51

aa ch. 27:7; 50:9, 41; 51:27, 28

ab ch. 27:7; 50:9, 41; 51:27, 28

ac ch. 50:29; 51:6, 24

Ezra 9:9

9 ^aFor we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, ^bbut 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.

Ezra 9:13

13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^dour great guilt, seeing that you, our ^eGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^fremnant as this,

Nehemiah 9:33

33 ^gYet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully ^hand we have acted wickedly.

Nehemiah 9:37

37 ⁱAnd its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

Jeremiah 25:6-9

6 ^jDo not go after other gods to serve and worship them, ^kor provoke me to anger ^lwith the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ 7 ^mYet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, ⁿthat you might provoke me to anger ^owith the work of your hands to your own harm.

8 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words, 9 ^pbehold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^qmy servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, ^rand make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 25:11-14

11 ^sThis whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and ^tthese nations shall serve the king of Babylon ^useventy years. 12 Then after ^vseventy years are completed, ^wI will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, ^xthe land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, ^ymaking the land an everlasting waste. 13 I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written ^zin this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 ^aaFor many nations ^aband great kings shall make slaves even of them, ^acand I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”