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Pray with Ezra

The scribe who led exiles home to Jerusalem and confessed the people's sin on his knees.

OTEzra, seen from behind, kneeling with hands spread and head bowed before the temple at evening, a blank scroll beside himEzrasaying: “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.Ezra 9:6 · ESVPeople of the Bible18 / 36

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Who prayed it
Ezra
Context
Officials told Ezra that the returned exiles, their leaders foremost, had married into the peoples of the land (Ezra 9:1-⁠2). He tore his cloak, sat appalled until the evening sacrifice, then knelt and spread out his hands (9:3-⁠5).
  1. Read how Ezra prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
  2. Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
  3. Read the verses that name Ezra, further down this page.

Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.

In the same story

Every verse that names Ezra · English Standard Version

Where Ezra appears

Ezra is named in 22 verses across 2 books

Chapter and verse, book by book.

BookWhereVerses
Ezra7:17:67:107:117:127:217:2510:110:210:510:610:1010:1613
Nehemiah8:18:28:48:58:68:98:1312:2612:369

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