Now in the twenty{H6242} and fourth{H702} day{H3117} of this month{H2320} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were assembled{H622} with fasting,{H6685} and with sackcloth,{H8242} and earth{H127} upon them.

And the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} separated{H914} themselves from all foreigners,{H1121} and stood{H5975} and confessed{H3034} their sins,{H2403} and the iniquities{H5771} of their fathers.{H1}

And they stood up{H6965} in their place,{H5977} and read{H7121} in the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of Jehovah{H3068} their God{H430} a fourth part{H7243} of the day;{H3117} and [another] fourth part{H7243} they confessed,{H3034} and worshipped{H7812} Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430}

Then stood up{H6965} upon the stairs{H4608} of the Levites,{H3881} Jeshua,{H3442} and Bani,{H1137} Kadmiel,{H6934} Shebaniah,{H7645} Bunni,{H1138} Sherebiah,{H8274} Bani,{H1137} [and] Chenani,{H3662} and cried{H2199} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} unto Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430}

Then the Levites,{H3881} Jeshua,{H3442} and Kadmiel,{H6934} Bani,{H1137} Hashabneiah,{H2813} Sherebiah,{H8274} Hodiah,{H1941} Shebaniah,{H7645} [and] Pethahiah,{H6611} said,{H559} Stand up{H6965} and bless{H1288} Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} from everlasting{H5769} to everlasting;{H5769} and blessed{H1288} be thy glorious{H3519} name,{H8034} which is exalted{H7311} above all blessing{H1293} and praise.{H8416}

Thou art Jehovah,{H3068} even thou alone; thou hast made{H6213} heaven,{H8064} the heaven{H8064} of heavens,{H8064} with all their host,{H6635} the earth{H776} and all things that are thereon, the seas{H3220} and all that is in them, and thou preservest{H2421} them all; and the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} worshippeth{H7812} thee.

Thou art Jehovah{H3068} the God,{H430} who didst choose{H977} Abram,{H87} and broughtest him forth{H3318} out of Ur{H218} of the Chaldees,{H3778} and gavest{H7760} him the name{H8034} of Abraham,{H85}

and foundest{H4672} his heart{H3824} faithful{H539} before{H6440} thee, and madest{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with him to give{H5414} the land{H776} of the Canaanite,{H3669} the Hittite,{H2850} the Amorite,{H567} and the Perizzite,{H6522} and the Jebusite,{H2983} and the Girgashite,{H1622} to give{H5414} it unto his seed,{H2233} and hast performed{H6965} thy words;{H1697} for thou art righteous.{H6662}

And thou sawest{H7200} the affliction{H6040} of our fathers{H1} in Egypt,{H4714} and heardest{H8085} their cry{H2201} by the Red{H5488} Sea,{H3220}

and showedst{H5414} signs{H226} and wonders{H4159} upon Pharaoh,{H6547} and on all his servants,{H5650} and on all the people{H5971} of his land;{H776} for thou knewest{H3045} that they dealt proudly{H2102} against them, and didst get{H6213} thee a name,{H8034} as it is this day.{H3117}

And thou didst divide{H1234} the sea{H3220} before{H6440} them, so that they went through{H5674} the midst{H8432} of the sea{H3220} on the dry land;{H3004} and their pursuers{H7291} thou didst cast{H7993} into the depths,{H4688} as a stone{H68} into the mighty{H5794} waters.{H4325}

Moreover in a pillar{H5982} of cloud{H6051} thou leddest{H5148} them by day;{H3119} and in a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night,{H3915} to give them light{H215} in the way{H1870} wherein they should go.{H3212}

Thou camest down{H3381} also upon mount{H2022} Sinai,{H5514} and spakest{H1696} with them from heaven,{H8064} and gavest{H5414} them right{H3477} ordinances{H4941} and true{H571} laws,{H8451} good{H2896} statutes{H2706} and commandments,{H4687}

and madest known{H3045} unto them thy holy{H6944} sabbath,{H7676} and commandedst{H6680} them commandments,{H4687} and statutes,{H2706} and a law,{H8451} by{H3027} Moses{H4872} thy servant,{H5650}

and gavest{H5414} them bread{H3899} from heaven{H8064} for their hunger,{H7458} and broughtest forth{H3318} water{H4325} for them out of the rock{H5553} for their thirst,{H6772} and commandedst{H559} them that they should go in{H935} to possess{H3423} the land{H776} which thou hadst sworn{H3027} to give{H5414} them.

But they and our fathers{H1} dealt proudly{H2102} and hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} and hearkened{H8085} not to thy commandments,{H4687}

and refused{H3985} to obey,{H8085} neither were mindful{H2142} of thy wonders{H6381} that thou didst{H6213} among them, but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} and in their rebellion{H4805} appointed{H5414} a captain{H7218} to return{H7725} to their bondage.{H5659} But thou art a God{H433} ready to pardon,{H5547} gracious{H2587} and merciful,{H7349} slow{H750} to anger,{H639} and abundant{H7227} in lovingkindness,{H2617} and forsookest{H5800} them not.

Yea, when they had made{H6213} them a molten{H4541} calf,{H5695} and said,{H559} This is thy God{H430} that brought thee up{H5927} out of Egypt,{H4714} and had wrought{H6213} great{H1419} provocations;{H5007}

yet thou in thy manifold{H7227} mercies{H7356} forsookest{H5800} them not in the wilderness:{H4057} the pillar{H5982} of cloud{H6051} departed{H5493} not from over them by day,{H3119} to lead{H5148} them in the way;{H1870} neither the pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night,{H3915} to show them light,{H215} and the way{H1870} wherein they should go.{H3212}

Thou gavest{H5414} also thy good{H2896} Spirit{H7307} to instruct{H7919} them, and withheldest{H4513} not thy manna{H4478} from their mouth,{H6310} and gavest{H5414} them water{H4325} for their thirst.{H6772}

Yea, forty{H705} years{H8141} didst thou sustain{H3557} them in the wilderness,{H4057} [and] they lacked{H2637} nothing; their clothes{H8008} waxed not old,{H1086} and their feet{H7272} swelled{H1216} not.

Moreover thou gavest{H5414} them kingdoms{H4467} and peoples,{H5971} which thou didst allot{H2505} after their portions:{H6285} so they possessed{H3423} the land{H776} of Sihon,{H5511} even the land{H776} of the king{H4428} of Heshbon,{H2809} and the land{H776} of Og{H5747} king{H4428} of Bashan.{H1316}

Their children{H1121} also multipliedst{H7235} thou as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and broughtest{H935} them into the land{H776} concerning which thou didst say{H559} to their fathers,{H1} that they should go in{H935} to possess{H3423} it.

So the children{H1121} went in{H935} and possessed{H3423} the land,{H776} and thou subduedst{H3665} before{H6440} them the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} the Canaanites,{H3669} and gavest{H5414} them into their hands,{H3027} with their kings,{H4428} and the peoples{H5971} of the land,{H776} that they might do{H6213} with them as they would.{H7522}

And they took{H3920} fortified{H1219} cities,{H5892} and a fat{H8082} land,{H127} and possessed{H3423} houses{H1004} full{H4392} of all good things,{H2898} cisterns{H953} hewn{H2672} out, vineyards,{H3754} and oliveyards,{H2132} and fruit -{H3978} trees{H6086} in abundance:{H7230} so they did eat,{H398} and were filled,{H7646} and became fat,{H8080} and delighted{H5727} themselves in thy great{H1419} goodness.{H2898}

Nevertheless they were disobedient,{H4784} and rebelled{H4775} against thee, and cast{H7993} thy law{H8451} behind{H310} their back,{H1458} and slew{H2026} thy prophets{H5030} that testified{H5749} against them to turn{H7725} them again unto thee, and they wrought{H6213} great{H1419} provocations.{H5007}

Therefore thou deliveredst{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of their adversaries,{H6862} who distressed{H6887} them: and in the time{H6256} of their trouble,{H6869} when they cried{H6817} unto thee, thou heardest{H8085} from heaven;{H8064} and according to thy manifold{H7227} mercies{H7356} thou gavest{H5414} them saviours{H3467} who saved{H3467} them out of the hand{H3027} of their adversaries.{H6862}

But after they had rest,{H5117} they did{H6213} evil{H7451} again{H7725} before{H6440} thee; therefore leftest{H5800} thou them in the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} so that they had the dominion{H7287} over them: yet when they returned,{H7725} and cried{H2199} unto thee, thou heardest{H8085} from heaven;{H8064} and many{H7227} times{H6256} didst thou deliver{H5337} them according to thy mercies,{H7356}

and testifiedst{H5749} against them, that thou mightest bring them again{H7725} unto thy law.{H8451} Yet they dealt proudly,{H2102} and hearkened{H8085} not unto thy commandments,{H4687} but sinned{H2398} against thine ordinances,{H4941} (which if a man{H120} do,{H6213} he shall live{H2421} in them), and withdrew{H5414} the shoulder,{H3802} and hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} and would not hear.{H8085}

Yet many{H7227} years{H8141} didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst{H5749} against them by thy Spirit{H7307} through{H3027} thy prophets:{H5030} yet would they not give{H5414} ear:{H238} therefore gavest{H5414} thou them into the hand{H3027} of the peoples{H5971} of the lands.{H776}

Nevertheless in thy manifold{H7227} mercies{H7356} thou didst{H6213} not make a full end{H3617} of them, nor forsake{H5800} them; for thou art a gracious{H2587} and merciful{H7349} God.{H410}

Now therefore, our God,{H430} the great,{H1419} the mighty,{H1368} and the terrible{H3372} God,{H410} who keepest{H8104} covenant{H1285} and lovingkindness,{H2617} let not all the travail{H8513} seem little{H4591} before{H6440} thee, that hath come{H4672} upon us, on our kings,{H4428} on our princes,{H8269} and on our priests,{H3548} and on our prophets,{H5030} and on our fathers,{H1} and on all thy people,{H5971} since the time{H3117} of the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} unto this day.{H3117}

Howbeit thou art just{H6662} in all that is come{H935} upon us; for thou hast dealt{H6213} truly, but we have done{H6213} wickedly;{H7561}

neither have our kings,{H4428} our princes,{H8269} our priests,{H3548} nor our fathers,{H1} kept{H6213} thy law,{H8451} nor hearkened{H7181} unto thy commandments{H4687} and thy testimonies{H5715} wherewith thou didst testify{H5749} against them.

For they have not served{H5647} thee in their kingdom,{H4438} and in thy great{H7227} goodness{H2898} that thou gavest{H5414} them, and in the large{H7342} and fat{H8082} land{H776} which thou gavest{H5414} before{H6440} them, neither turned{H7725} they from their wicked{H7451} works.{H4611}

Behold, we are servants{H5650} this day,{H3117} and as for the land{H776} that thou gavest{H5414} unto our fathers{H1} to eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the good{H2898} thereof, behold, we are servants{H5650} in it.

And it yieldeth much{H7235} increase{H8393} unto the kings{H4428} whom thou hast set{H5414} over us because of our sins:{H2403} also they have power{H4910} over our bodies,{H1472} and over our cattle,{H929} at their pleasure,{H7522} and we are in great{H1419} distress.{H6869}

And yet for all this we make{H3772} a sure{H548} covenant, and write{H3789} it; and our princes,{H8269} our Levites,{H3881} [and] our priests,{H3548} seal{H2856} unto it.