George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezra 10:19
Hands. Thus the Persians confirmed their most solemn engagements. (Calmet)
Hands. Thus the Persians confirmed their most solemn engagements. (Calmet)
Verse 19. _THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS_] They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the rest of the delinquents had done; and they made all acknowledgment of their iniquity to God by offering...
Compare with the list in Ezra 2. Ezra 10:19 THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS - i. e., “solemnly pledged themselves” (compare the marginal references). Ezra 10:44...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The effect of Ezra's prayer on the people (Ezra 10:1)_ 2. Ezra summons an assembly (Ezra 10:5) 3. The gathering, confession and the evil judged (Ezra 10:9) 4. The register of those...
A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAD MARRIED FOREIGN WIVES. These include seventeen priests, together with Levites, singers, and doorkeepers, and also laymen....
GAVE THEIR HANDS. Hebrew idiom for giving their word. Compare 2 Kings 10:15. BEING GUILTY. Compare Leviticus 5:1. A RAM. See Leviticus 5:14....
Priests 18. _that had taken strange wives_ R.V. THAT HAD MARRIED STRANGE WOMEN: the R.V. puts a colon after -women", and a comma after -brethren". The -Jeshua the son of Jozadak" here mentioned is cle...
The List of those who -had married strange women" The record of the names was probably one of the documents officially preserved. The publicity of such a list was in itself a punishment to the offend...
_they gave their hands_ R.V. THEIR HAND. The Hebrew has the singular. On this symbol of a promise or pledge compare 2 Kings 10:15 -If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand". Ezekiel 17:1...
_VER._ 19. _THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS_— See 2 Kings 10:15. Houbigant renders the last clause, _and who had offended, gave one ram of the flock for their offence._...
4. The decision is carried out. TEXT, EZRA 10:16-19 16 But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers-' households for each of their fathers-' households, all of...
_AND THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS THAT THEY WOULD PUT AWAY THEIR WIVES; AND BEING GUILTY, THEY OFFERED A RAM OF THE FLOCK FOR THEIR TRESPASS._ They gave their hands - i:e., came under a solemn engagement, w...
THE FOREIGN WIVES ARE DIVORCED 3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1, which required a bill of divorcement....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 10 V1 Ezra prayed and he confessed. He wept and he threw himself onto the ground in front of the house of God. As he was doing these thin...
(18-44) List of the transgressors. (19) THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS. — The four members of the high priest’s family were peculiarly dealt with. They gave their distinct pledge, and offered each a special tr...
וַ יִּתְּנ֥וּ יָדָ֖ם לְ הֹוצִ֣יא נְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם ו
THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH Ezra 10:1 EZRA'S narrative, written in the first person, ceases with his prayer, the conclusion of which brings us to the end of the ninth chapter of our Book of Ezr...
PUTTING AWAY STRANGE MARRIAGES Ezra 10:1 The people seem to have been more impressed by Ezra's intense grief of soul than they could have been by his severest condemnation. Is not this the secret of...
The sincerity and passion of Ezra's vicarious repentance produced immediate results. The people had gathered about him through the long hours of the day, and it would seem that they became conscious o...
And they gave (l) their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass. (l) As a token that they would keep their promise and do...
Observe, Reader, how the names of the offenders are recorded. No doubt both in judgment and in mercy. How fully doth it show forth the covenant love of God in Christ, while it fully sets forth also hi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9 AND 10. Alas! as soon as he can look into these things, he finds the law already broken, evil already come in. The people of Israel had not kept themselves...
Ver. 19-43. AND THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS THAT THEY WOULD PUT AWAY THEIR WIVES,.... They proposed to do it, and actually did it: AND BEING GUILTY; of which they were fully convinced: THEY OFFERED A RAM...
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their trespass. Ver. 19. _And they gave their hands_] i.e. They plighted thei...
_Among the sons of the priests there were found_, &c. No wonder the people broke the law, when so many of those who were supposed to understand it best, namely, the priests, yea, some of the sons of t...
[ORDER TAKEN FOR STRANGE MARIAGES.] 1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reforme the strange mariages. 6 Ezra mourning, assembleth the people. 9 The people at the exhortation of Ezra, repent and promis...
CATALOG OF MEN WHO HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES...
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives, pledging themselves most solemnly by giving their right hand; AND BEING GUILTY, THEY OFFERED A RAM OF THE FLOCK FOR THEIR TRESPASS. Cf L...
ACTION FOLLOWING PRAYER (vv. 1-17) Ezra expected an answer to his prayer, and God provided the answer immediately in moving a very huge number of men, women and children to gather together before Hi...
15-44 The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God...
THEY GAVE THEIR HAND, i.e. they covenanted or swore by giving their hand; which was the usual gesture in those cases; of which see LEVITICUS 6:2 EZEKIEL 17:18....
Ezra 10:19 gave H5414 (H8799) promise H3027 away H3318 (H8687) wives H802 guilty H818 ram H352 flock...
THE NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN MARRYING IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (EZRA 10:18). Ezra then prepared for Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, a list of those with whom he had had to deal. We can compare how t...
CONTENTS: Separation restored. Strange wives surrendered. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Shecaniah, Jonanan. CONCLUSION: There is hope concerning people when they are convinced not only that it is good to p...
Ezra 10:6. _When he came._ It should read, _till he came thither,_ as appears from chap. Ezra 9:4, and at a late hour after the evening devotion. Ezra 10:9. _It was the ninth month,_ the depth of wint...
_And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua._ THE LIST OF OFFENDERS For what purpose is this catalogue of names inserted here? I....
_Now when Ezra had prayed._ PRAYER AND CONFESSION The former chapter did set down the humiliation of Ezra; this demonstrates the fruit and effect that it produced. When the people saw that he was so...
EZRA 10:18 List of Those Who Were Implicated. The list of around a hundred names may suggest a more limited problem than one might have expected. In that case, the severe reaction of Ezra and the comm...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the account of—(i.) Shechaniah’s proposal to put away the strange wives (Ezra 10:1). (ii.) Ezra’s fast because of the people’s sin (Ezra 10:6)....
EXPOSITION REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE, AND COVENANT SWORN TO, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF SHECHANIAH (Ezra 10:1). While Ezra was uttering his prayer aloud, upon his knees, in f
But here a very stringent and harsh measure was taken. They put away all of these wives, and they said unto him with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do (Ezra 10:12). They realized that it...
1 Chronicles 29:24; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 2 Kings 10:15; Galatians 2:9;...
Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives, but Paul said not to do so? PROBLEM: Ezra made all the returning Israelites put away their “pagan wives” because they were “addin...