And the children of the captivity did so, they acted according to their proposal. And Ezra, the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, heads of father-houses, and all of them by their names, were separated, as a commission to handle this matter, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter, they held a session to take up the cases.
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...
THE JEWS ASSEMBLE IN JERUSALEM; OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED FROM EACH CITY TO SEE THAT THE FOREIGN WIVES ARE PUT AWAY. Ezra 10:6. Jehohanan: _cf._ Nehemiah 12:13. AND WHEN HE CAME THITHER: read, and he lo...
CERTAIN. men. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. CHIEF. heads....
The Commission at work 16. _the children of the captivity did so_ For this expression cf. Ezra 10:7. The proposal was no sooner made than it was carried into execution. The personal influence of Ezra...
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 THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY DID SO. AND EZRA THE PRIEST, WITH CERTAIN CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, AND ALL OF THEM BY THEIR NAMES, WERE SEPARATED, AND SAT DOWN IN THE...
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...
(7-17) Conference of the people and commission to try individual cases. (8) FORFEITED. — This, as also what precedes and what follows, again recalls the express commission of Ezra 7. But “according to...
וַ יַּֽעֲשׂוּ ־כֵן֮ בְּנֵ֣י הַ גֹּולָה֒ וַ
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 the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, (k) were separated, and sat down...
_So. Cajetan improperly concludes, that the sentence was not put in execution; because Nehemias (chap. xiii. 23.) complains of such marriages. (Calmet) --- But the guilty might have resumed their wome...
The Holy Ghost hath thought proper to be particular in stating the precise time this great reform took to make it effectual and complete. Mark, Reader! how attentive the Lord is to all the circumstanc...
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...
AND THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY DID SO,.... Put away their strange wives: AND EZRA THE PRIEST, WITH CERTAIN CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, AND ALL OF THEM BY THEIR NAMES, W...
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, were separated, and sat down in...
_Ezra the priest, &c., were separated, and sat down_ Sequestered themselves from all other business, and gave themselves wholly to this. _They made an end, by the first day of the first month_ Three m...
[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...
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...
WERE SEPARATED, i.e. sequestered themselves from all other business, and gave themselves wholly to this....
Ezra 10:7 ‘And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem,' Ezra having retired to pray, the...
TENTH MONTH That is, January....
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...
_But the people are many._ THE REFORMATION EFFECTED I. notwith standing difficulties. 1. The greatness of the undertaking. 2. The inclemency of the weather. Learn: To eradicate sin is a task of th...
_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 10:1 The People Agree to Dissolve the Marriages. Ezra prays, and the people confess their sin (vv. Ezra 10:1). They agree to do God’s will (vv. Ezra 1
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 10:16 EXAMINE THE MATTER. Thorough inquiry was a part of judges’ duties (see Deuteronomy 17:4). The whole inquiry took three months....
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...
Deuteronomy 13:14; Job 29:16; John 7:51...
Separated — Sequestered themselves from all other business, and gave themselves wholly to this....
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...