Ezra 9:8
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And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us a little life in our bondage.

Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us, for our most wicked deeds, and our great sin, seeing that thou our God hast saved us from our iniquity, and hast given us a deliverance as at this day,

Psalm 13:3
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 138:7
If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both.

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.

Isaiah 14:3
And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,

Isaiah 22:23
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.

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And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us a little life in our bondage.

little space.

Ezra 9:9 For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1:11 I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Nehemiah 9:31 Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.

Habakkuk 3:2 O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid. O Lord, thy work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the years thou shalt make it known: when thou art angry, thou wilt remember mercy.

a remnant

Ezra 9:14 That we should not turn away, nor break thy commandments, nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations. Art thou angry with us unto utter destruction, not to leave us a remnant to be saved?

2 Kings 19:4,30,31 It may be the Lord, thy God, will hear all the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians, his master, hath sent to reproach the living God, and to reprove with words, which the Lord, thy God, hath heard: and do thou offer prayer for the remnants that are found. . . .

Isaiah 1:9 Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.

Jeremiah 42:2 And they said to Jeremiah the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.

Jeremiah 44:14 And there shall be none that shall escape, and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt: and that shall return into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: there shall none return but they that shall flee.

Ezekiel 6:8,9 And I will leave in you some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when I shall have scattered you through the countries. . . .

Ezekiel 14:22 Yet there shall be left in it some that shall be saved, who shall bring away their sons and daughters: behold they shall come among you, and you shall see their way, and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, in all things that I have brought upon it.

Zechariah 8:6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days: shall it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of hosts?

Zechariah 8:12 But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew: and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

Romans 9:27 And Isaias cried out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.

Romans 11:5,6 Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace. . . .

a nail.

Ecclesiastes 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.

Isaiah 22:23-25 And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father. . . .

Zechariah 10:4 Out of him shall come forth the corner, out of him the pin, out of him the bow of battle, out of him every exacter together.

in his holy place

Isaiah 56:5 I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish.

Revelation 3:12 He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God: and he shall go out no more. And I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

lighten

1 Samuel 14:27,29 But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people: and he put forth the end of the rod, which he had in his hand, and dipt it in a honeycomb: and he carried his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened. . . .

Job 33:30 That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.

Psalm 13:3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 34:5 Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.

reviving

Psalm 85:6 Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

Psalm 138:7 If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Ezekiel 37:11-14 And he said to me: Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel: they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off. . . .

Hosea 6:2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.

Context
Ezra's Prayer of Confession
7From the days of our fathers: and we ourselves also have sinned grievously unto this day, and for our iniquities we and our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is at this day. 8And now as a little, and for a moment has our prayer been made before the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and give us a pin in his holy place, and that our God would enlighten our eyes, and would give us a little life in our bondage.9For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.…
Lexicon
But now,
וְעַתָּ֡ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

for a brief
כִּמְעַט־ (kim·‘aṭ-)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few

moment,
רֶגַע֩ (re·ḡa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7281: A wink, a very short space of time

grace
תְחִנָּ֜ה (ṯə·ḥin·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8467: Favor, supplication for favor

has come
הָיְתָ֨ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

from
מֵאֵ֣ת ׀ (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

to preserve
לְהַשְׁאִ֥יר (lə·haš·’îr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

for us
לָ֙נוּ֙ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a remnant
פְּלֵיטָ֔ה (pə·lê·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6413: Deliverance, an escaped portion

and to give
וְלָתֶת־ (wə·lā·ṯeṯ-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

us
לָ֥נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a stake
יָתֵ֖ד (yā·ṯêḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3489: A peg, pin

in His holy
קָדְשׁ֑וֹ (qā·ḏə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

place.
בִּמְק֣וֹם (bim·qō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

Even in our bondage,
בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃ (bə·‘aḇ·ḏu·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5659: Servitude, bondage

our God
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has given us
וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ (ū·lə·ṯit·tê·nū)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

new life
מִֽחְיָ֥ה (miḥ·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4241: Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick

and light
לְהָאִ֤יר (lə·hā·’îr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 215: To be or become light

to our eyes.
עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ (‘ê·nê·nū)
Noun - cdc | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain


Additional Translations
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.And now for a little space grace has been showed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.

And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And now for a little moment grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

And now for a little space grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

'And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;
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