-
Verse 15. _THOU_ ART _RIGHTEOUS_] Thou art _merciful_; this is one of
the many meanings of the word צדק _tsedek_; and to this meaning St.
Paul refers, when he says, God _declares his righteousness for...
-
Some take “righteous” to mean here “kind” or “merciful.”
Others give it the more usual sense of “just,” and understand the
full meaning of the passage to be, “Thou art righteous, and hast
punished us,...
-
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. Ezra's astonishment and grief (Ezra 9:1)_
2. Ezra's confession and prayer (Ezra 9:5)
Ezra 9:1. When all these things had been done (that are related in
chapter 8:33-36) Ezra was confr...
-
EZRA'S CONFESSION.
Ezra 9:5. at the evening Oblation: therefore in the presence of the
assembled worshippers.
Ezra 9:7. from the days of our fathers: _i.e._ from the times of the
patriarchs onwards....
-
WE REMAIN YET ESCAPED: or, we are left but. remnant that is escaped.
Compare Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 1:3.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
-
The prayer ends in expression of complete surrender. There is no
excuse to plead. The nation stands in its sin in the presence of the
perfect God, and awaits the sentence of -righteousness".
_O Lord G...
-
Ezra's Prayer
Ezra's prayer, as a confession of national sin, should be compared
with the prayer of the Levites (Nehemiah 9:6-38), and more especially
with the prayer of Daniel (Daniel 9:4-19). As in...
-
Ezra's Confession
5. _And at the evening sacrifice_ R.V. AND AT THE EVENING OBLATION,
i.e. at the time of its being offered.
_I arose up from my heaviness_ R.V. I AROSE UP FROM MY HUMILIATION.
Marg....
-
2. Ezra's prayer is set down for us.
TEXT, EZRA 9:6-15
6
and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face
to Thee, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our...
-
EZRA'S INDIGNATION AT INTERMARRIAGES WITH THE HEATHEN
1. The Canaanites, etc.] In the Law it was only with the various
Canaanite nations that marriage was altogether forbidden (Exodus
34:12; Deuterono...
-
FOR WE.. ESCAPED] better, 'for we are left but a remnant that is
escaped.' God's righteousness had been vindicated by the almost
complete destruction of the guilty people; but His mercy had been
manif...
-
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 After these things had happened, the leaders came to me. They
said, ‘The *people of Israel have not kept themselves separate from
th...
-
(5-15) Ezra’s prayer of confession and deprecation.
(5) AND AT THE EVENING SACRIFICE I AROSE UP. — Until the afternoon
Ezra had sat silent and in grief before the Temple, and in presence of
the people...
-
יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
צַדִּ֣יק אַ֔תָּה כִּֽי...
-
FOREIGN MARRIAGES
Ezra 9:1
The successful issue of Ezra's undertaking was speedily followed by a
bitter disappointment on the part of its leader, the experience of
which urged him to make a drastic...
-
A LEADER'S SORROWS FOR HIS PEOPLE'S SINS
Ezra 9:1
The mingling of the holy seed with heathen peoples was always the
curse of Israel, and it has been the temptation of God's children in
every age. Do...
-
On Ezra's arrival at Jerusalem complaint was made to him of the
failure and sin of the people. What an appalling story it was, that
during these sixty years, even though there had been no return to
he...
-
O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we (h) remain yet
escaped, as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our
trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
(h) He...
-
_To be saved from our iniquities, which are still upon us. (Haydock)
--- We confess that, if we should be treated according to our deserts,
we could expect no redress. But we trust in thy mercies, whi...
-
REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, Reader, over this chapter, and mark in strong characters on
your mind the distinguishing love of God to Israel. The Lord by
prophecy had pointed out their distinction ages before. T...
-
Reader! what sweet and gracious signs of sorrow, and of real communion
with God. The blushing, and dropping countenance, under the conscious
sense of the divine presence, are among the truest tokens o...
-
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...
-
O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THOU ART RIGHTEOUS,.... And would appear to be
so, should Israel be entirely cut off, and utterly consumed for their
iniquities:
FOR WE REMAIN YET ESCAPED, AS IT IS THIS DAY; th...
-
O LORD God of Israel, thou [art] righteous: for we remain yet escaped,
as [it is] this day: behold, we [are] before thee in our trespasses:
for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Ver. 15. _...
-
Ezra 9:15. _O Lord, thou art righteous_ A just and holy God, who
hatest, and wilt infallibly punish, sin and sinners. Or, _thou art
merciful_, for the Hebrew word here rendered _righteous_, often
sign...
-
1 Ezra mourneth for the affinitie of the people with strangers.
5 He prayeth vnto God with confession of sinnes.
1 NOWE when these things were done, the Princes came to me, saying,
The people of Isr...
-
HUMBLED BECAUSE OF MIXED MARRIAGES
(vv. 1-4)
If Ezra expected to engage in the pleasant work of the priesthood, it
must have been a keen disappointment to find soon after his arrival
that there was...
-
5-15 The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of
the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take
away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a pen...
-
THOU ART RIGHTEOUS; a just and holy God, who dost hate, and wilt
infallibly punish, sin and sinners. Or, _thou art merciful_, as
appears from hence, that notwithstanding all our sins, thou hast not
ut...
-
Ezra 9:15 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 righteous H6662 left H7604
(H8738) remnant H6413 day H3117 before...
-
EZRA'S ADMISSION OF ISRAEL'S GUILT BEFORE YHWH ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE
(EZRA 9:5).
When the time of the evening sacrifice came, no doubt feeling that
this act of atonement and dedication on the behalf...
-
EZRA DEALS WITH THE PROBLEM OF RETURNEES WHO HAVE BEEN LED ASTRAY INTO
IDOLATRY HAVING TAKEN FOREIGN WIVES (EZRA 9:1 TO EZRA 10:44).
It is important here to recognise that what was in question was not...
-
CONTENTS: The remnant loses its separated position. Ezra's prayer and
confession.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra.
CONCLUSION: Let this be the comfort of true penitents, that though
their sins have piled up t...
-
Ezra 9:2. _The holy seed have mingled with the people._ The
distinction of the Jews from the heathen was not by nature, but by
grace. Their nobility lay in adherence to the covenant of God, and so
the...
-
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 9:1 Ezra Discovers and Confronts the Problem of
Intermarriage. Ezra discovers that the Jewish community has mixed with
idolatrous non-Jewish groups in religion and in marriage. He le...
-
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now come to the social and
religious reformation effected by Ezra amongst the Jews who had
previously returned to their own land (chaps. 9 and 10). And in this
chap...
-
§ 2. REFORMATION OF RELIGION ACCOMPLISHED BY EZRA AT JERUSALEM.
EXPOSITION
IN the interval between Zerubbabel's rule and the coming of Ezra from
Babylon with a special commission appointing him gover...
-
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated
themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to...
-
1 Corinthians 15:17; Daniel 9:14; Daniel 9:7; Ezekiel 33:10; Isa
-
We are — We are here in thy presence, and so are all our sins; we
are arraigning ourselves before thy tribunal, acknowledging thee to be
just, if thou destroy us. Before thee — In judgment, as that wo...