John Gill Commentary Ezra 9:5

"And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God;" — Ezra 9:5 (ASV)

And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my heaviness
The signs and tokens of it, particularly sitting on the ground; or "from my fasting" ^F14, having eaten nothing that day, it being early in the morning when he was told the above case:

and having rent my garment and my mantle ;
which he had done before, and still kept them on him in the same case:

fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God ;
in the posture and with the gesture of an humble supplicant.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: (ytynetm) "jejunio meo", Michaelis; so Jarchi.