the seed

Nehemiah 13:3, 30
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. . . .

Ezra 9:2
Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!"

Ezra 10:11
Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives."

strangers.

Psalm 144:7, 11
Reach down from on high; rescue me and deliver me from deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, . . .

Isaiah 2:6
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

Hosea 5:7
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

confessed

Nehemiah 1:6
may Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father's house have sinned.

Leviticus 26:39, 40
Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers. . . .

Ezra 9:6, 7, 15
and said: "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. . . .

Psalm 106:6, 7
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. . . .

Daniel 9:3-10, 20
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. . . .

1 John 1:7-9
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. . . .