Texts · 13 · Ezra

The longest prayer in the Bible

Ezra's public prayer reviews the nation's history and protests: 'We are slaves in our own land,' its crops going to foreign kings.

Part praise, part protest.

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It's a rare criticism of the Persian kings, who 'rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please.'

Bible reference: Nehemiah 9:36–37

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 217

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