9:1 Now
on
the
twenty-fourth
day
of
this
month
the
people
of
Israel
were
assembled
with
fasting
and
in
sackcloth,
and
with
earth
on
their
heads.
9:2 And
the
Israelites
separated
themselves
from
all
foreigners
and
stood
and
confessed
their
sins
and
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers.
9:3 And
they
stood
up
in
their
place
and
read
from
the
Book
of
the
Law
of
the
LORD
their
God
for
a
quarter
of
the
day;
for
another
quarter
of
it
they
made
confession
and
worshiped
the
LORD
their
God.
9:4 On
the
stairs
of
the
Levites
stood
Jeshua,
Bani,
Kadmiel,
Shebaniah,
Bunni,
Sherebiah,
Bani,
and
Chenani;
and
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
the
LORD
their
God.
9:5 Then
the
Levites,
Jeshua,
Kadmiel,
Bani,
Hashabneiah,
Sherebiah,
Hodiah,
Shebaniah,
and
Pethahiah,
said,
"Stand
up
and
bless
the
LORD
your
God
from
everlasting
to
everlasting.
Blessed
be
your
glorious
name,
which
is
exalted
above
all
blessing
and
praise.
9:6 "You
are
the
LORD,
you
alone.
You
have
made
heaven,
the
heaven
of
heavens,
with
all
their
host,
the
earth
and
all
that
is
on
it,
the
seas
and
all
that
is
in
them;
and
you
preserve
all
of
them;
and
the
host
of
heaven
worships
you.
9:7 You
are
the
LORD,
the
God
who
chose
Abram
and
brought
him
out
of
Ur
of
the
Chaldeans
and
gave
him
the
name
Abraham.
9:8 You
found
his
heart
faithful
before
you,
and
made
with
him
the
covenant
to
give
to
his
offspring
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Jebusite,
and
the
Girgashite.
And
you
have
kept
your
promise,
for
you
are
righteous.
9:9 "And
you
saw
the
affliction
of
our
fathers
in
Egypt
and
heard
their
cry
at
the
Red
Sea,
9:10 and
performed
signs
and
wonders
against
Pharaoh
and
all
his
servants
and
all
the
people
of
his
land,
for
you
knew
that
they
acted
arrogantly
against
our
fathers.
And
you
made
a
name
for
yourself,
as
it
is
to
this
day.
9:11 And
you
divided
the
sea
before
them,
so
that
they
went
through
the
midst
of
the
sea
on
dry
land,
and
you
cast
their
pursuers
into
the
depths,
as
a
stone
into
mighty
waters.
9:12 By
a
pillar
of
cloud
you
led
them
in
the
day,
and
by
a
pillar
of
fire
in
the
night
to
light
for
them
the
way
in
which
they
should
go.
9:13 You
came
down
on
Mount
Sinai
and
spoke
with
them
from
heaven
and
gave
them
right
rules
and
true
laws,
good
statutes
and
commandments,
9:14 and
you
made
known
to
them
your
holy
Sabbath
and
commanded
them
commandments
and
statutes
and
a
law
by
Moses
your
servant.
9:15 You
gave
them
bread
from
heaven
for
their
hunger
and
brought
water
for
them
out
of
the
rock
for
their
thirst,
and
you
told
them
to
go
in
to
possess
the
land
that
you
had
sworn
to
give
them.
9:16 "But
they
and
our
fathers
acted
presumptuously
and
stiffened
their
neck
and
did
not
obey
your
commandments.
9:17 They
refused
to
obey
and
were
not
mindful
of
the
wonders
that
you
performed
among
them,
but
they
stiffened
their
neck
and
appointed
a
leader
to
return
to
their
slavery
in
Egypt.
But
you
are
a
God
ready
to
forgive,
gracious
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger
and
abounding
in
steadfast
love,
and
did
not
forsake
them.
9:18 Even
when
they
had
made
for
themselves
a
golden
calf
and
said,
'This
is
your
God
who
brought
you
up
out
of
Egypt,'
and
had
committed
great
blasphemies,
9:19 you
in
your
great
mercies
did
not
forsake
them
in
the
wilderness.
The
pillar
of
cloud
to
lead
them
in
the
way
did
not
depart
from
them
by
day,
nor
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night
to
light
for
them
the
way
by
which
they
should
go.
9:20 You
gave
your
good
Spirit
to
instruct
them
and
did
not
withhold
your
manna
from
their
mouth
and
gave
them
water
for
their
thirst.
9:21 Forty
years
you
sustained
them
in
the
wilderness,
and
they
lacked
nothing.
Their
clothes
did
not
wear
out
and
their
feet
did
not
swell.
9:22 "And
you
gave
them
kingdoms
and
peoples
and
allotted
to
them
every
corner.
So
they
took
possession
of
the
land
of
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of
Bashan.
9:23 You
multiplied
their
children
as
the
stars
of
heaven,
and
you
brought
them
into
the
land
that
you
had
told
their
fathers
to
enter
and
possess.
9:24 So
the
descendants
went
in
and
possessed
the
land,
and
you
subdued
before
them
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the
Canaanites,
and
gave
them
into
their
hand,
with
their
kings
and
the
peoples
of
the
land,
that
they
might
do
with
them
as
they
would.
9:25 And
they
captured
fortified
cities
and
a
rich
land,
and
took
possession
of
houses
full
of
all
good
things,
cisterns
already
hewn,
vineyards,
olive
orchards
and
fruit
trees
in
abundance.
So
they
ate
and
were
filled
and
became
fat
and
delighted
themselves
in
your
great
goodness.
9:26 "Nevertheless,
they
were
disobedient
and
rebelled
against
you
and
cast
your
law
behind
their
back
and
killed
your
prophets,
who
had
warned
them
in
order
to
turn
them
back
to
you,
and
they
committed
great
blasphemies.
9:27 Therefore
you
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
who
made
them
suffer.
And
in
the
time
of
their
suffering
they
cried
out
to
you
and
you
heard
them
from
heaven,
and
according
to
your
great
mercies
you
gave
them
saviors
who
saved
them
from
the
hand
of
their
enemies.
9:28 But
after
they
had
rest
they
did
evil
again
before
you,
and
you
abandoned
them
to
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
so
that
they
had
dominion
over
them.
Yet
when
they
turned
and
cried
to
you,
you
heard
from
heaven,
and
many
times
you
delivered
them
according
to
your
mercies.
9:29 And
you
warned
them
in
order
to
turn
them
back
to
your
law.
Yet
they
acted
presumptuously
and
did
not
obey
your
commandments,
but
sinned
against
your
rules,
which
if
a
person
does
them,
he
shall
live
by
them,
and
they
turned
a
stubborn
shoulder
and
stiffened
their
neck
and
would
not
obey.
9:30 Many
years
you
bore
with
them
and
warned
them
by
your
Spirit
through
your
prophets.
Yet
they
would
not
give
ear.
Therefore
you
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands.
9:31 Nevertheless,
in
your
great
mercies
you
did
not
make
an
end
of
them
or
forsake
them,
for
you
are
a
gracious
and
merciful
God.
9:32 "Now,
therefore,
our
God,
the
great,
the
mighty,
and
the
awesome
God,
who
keeps
covenant
and
steadfast
love,
let
not
all
the
hardship
seem
little
to
you
that
has
come
upon
us,
upon
our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
our
prophets,
our
fathers,
and
all
your
people,
since
the
time
of
the
kings
of
Assyria
until
this
day.
9:33 Yet
you
have
been
righteous
in
all
that
has
come
upon
us,
for
you
have
dealt
faithfully
and
we
have
acted
wickedly.
9:34 Our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
and
our
fathers
have
not
kept
your
law
or
paid
attention
to
your
commandments
and
your
warnings
that
you
gave
them.
9:35 Even
in
their
own
kingdom,
and
amid
your
great
goodness
that
you
gave
them,
and
in
the
large
and
rich
land
that
you
set
before
them,
they
did
not
serve
you
or
turn
from
their
wicked
works.
9:36 Behold,
we
are
slaves
this
day;
in
the
land
that
you
gave
to
our
fathers
to
enjoy
its
fruit
and
its
good
gifts,
behold,
we
are
slaves.
9:37 And
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.
9:38 "Because
of
all
this
we
make
a
firm
covenant
in
writing;
on
the
sealed
document
are
the
names
of
our
princes,
our
Levites,
and
our
priests.