Ezra 9:1-15
Ezra prayed to the Lord and confessed their sins, "from the days of our ancestors until now, our guilt has been great. We have forsaken the commands you gave through your servants the prophets."
We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.
For the people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices. They married with them, the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.
Why?
Since their return, priests and Levites, rulers and people alike have intermarried with the heathen people around, a thing forbidden by God, not out of racial prejudice but because it led to idolatry.
This very practice had been major factor in the nation's downfall under the kings. Yet even the horrors of defeat and exile have not taught the people their lesson. Ezra's bitter distress at the disclosure is therefor not surprising.
Ezra prayed for his people and his nation with all his heart and mind. He confessed their sins to the Lord sincerely.
How?
I should pray to the Lord and confess the sins of people in Taiwan. Hope the mercy and grace can pour down to Taiwan this land.
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