Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven, I am ashamed Job 40:4 What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Job 42:6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. Jeremiah 3:3,24,25 Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush. . . . Jeremiah 6:15 They were confounded, because they committed abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 8:12 They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 31:19 For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth. Ezekiel 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and mayest no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I shall be pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God. Daniel 9:7,8 To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities, by which they have sinned against thee. . . . Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death. our iniquities Genesis 13:13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure. Psalm 38:4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me. Isaiah 1:18 And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool. Isaiah 59:12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and have known our iniquities: trespass. 2 Chronicles 28:9 At that time there was a prophet of the Lord there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Behold the Lord the God of your fathers being angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your hands, and you have butchered them cruelly, so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven. Luke 15:21 And the son said to him: Father: I have sinned against heaven and before thee I am not now worthy to be called thy son. Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven: and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. Context Ezra's Prayer of Confession5And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my affliction, and having rent my mantle and my garment, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God, 6And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,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.… Cross References Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven: and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. 1 Kings 8:47 Then if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and being converted, make supplication to thee in their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have committed wickedness: 2 Chronicles 28:9 At that time there was a prophet of the Lord there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Behold the Lord the God of your fathers being angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your hands, and you have butchered them cruelly, so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven. 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, Ezra 9:15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art just: for we remain yet to be saved as at this day. Behold we are before thee in our sin, for there can be no standing before thee in this matter. Psalm 38:4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me. Isaiah 59:12 For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and have known our iniquities: Jeremiah 3:25 We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God. Jeremiah 51:9 We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to his own land: because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to the clouds. Lexicon and said:וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (wā·’ō·mə·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “O my God, אֱלֹהַי֙ (’ĕ·lō·hay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative I am ashamed בֹּ֣שְׁתִּי (bō·šə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed and embarrassed וְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּי (wə·niḵ·lam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult to lift up לְהָרִ֧ים (lə·hā·rîm) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise my face פָּנַ֖י (pā·nay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face to You, אֵלֶ֑יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to my God, אֱלֹהַ֛י (’ĕ·lō·hay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction our iniquities עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤ינוּ (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·nū) Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity are higher than רָבוּ֙ (rā·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great our heads, רֹּ֔אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head and our guilt וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּ (wə·’aš·mā·ṯê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 819: Guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a, sin-offering has reached גָדְלָ֖ה (ḡā·ḏə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1431: To grow up, become great the heavens. לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (laš·šā·mā·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky Additional Translations 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.And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven. and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. and I said, "My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens. and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens. 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