And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, both the inner dress and the outer cover, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, all signs of most overpowering grief and righteous anger, and sat down astonied, staring dully into nothingness, as one helpless in angry displeasure.
Verse Ezra 9:3. _I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE_] The _outer_ and _inner_ garment, in sign of great grief. This significant act is frequently mentioned in the sacred writings, and was common among al...
Plucking out the hair with the hands, so common among the Classical nations, is, comparatively speaking, rarely mentioned as practiced by Asiatics....
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...
REPORT IS MADE TO EZRA OF THE MARRIAGES OF JEWS WITH THE HEATHEN. Ezra's zeal in this matter resulted in his going beyond the requirements of the Law (_cf._ Deuteronomy 23:7). Ezra 9:1. the Canaanites...
RENT MY GARMENT, &C. These were signs of inward mourning. See Ezra 9:5. Jos 7:6. 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2. 2Sa 13:31. 2 Kings 18:37;...
_I rent my garment and my mantle_ Ezra's conduct betrays his surprise, his grief, and his indignation. The rending of the clothes is frequently mentioned in Scripture as a sign of grief: Ezra here is...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. Ezra hears about some current sins, particularly marriage to foreigners, and he prays. 1. Ezra is informed of the problem. TEXT, EZRA 9:1-5 1 Now when these thin...
_AND WHEN I HEARD THIS THING, I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE, AND PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR OF MY HEAD AND OF MY BEARD, AND SAT DOWN ASTONIED._ When I heard this ... I rent my garment and my mantle ... -...
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...
PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR] Baldness artificially produced was a sign of mourning: Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 16:6; Amos 8:10;...
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...
IX. (1) NOW WHEN THESE THINGS WERE DONE. — The remainder of the book is occupied with the execution of Ezra’s function as a moral reformer. One chief disorder is mentioned, that of the mixed marriage...
וּ כְ שָׁמְעִי֙ אֶת ־הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ
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...
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down (c) astonied. (c) As one doubting whether God would continue his benefi...
_Coat, ( tunicam) or inner garment. (Haydock) --- Mourning. Hebrew, "astonished." (Syriac) (Montanus) (Calmet) (Protestants) --- Septuagint, "alone." 3 Esdras, "pensive and in grief." (Haydock) --- Ar...
What a finished picture hath the Holy Ghost here drawn of a saint of God; silent under the heavy affliction of soul, arising from indignation at the awful calamity. The rending the garment, and the pl...
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 WHEN I HEARD THIS THING, I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE,.... Both inward and outward garments, that which was close to his body, and that which was thrown loose over it; and this he did in token...
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. Ver. 3. _I rent my garment and my mantle_] In token of his de...
_When I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle_, &c. Both my inner and my upper garment. This was a token, not only of his very great grief and sorrow, but of his sense of God's displeasure...
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...
1-4 Many corruptions lurk out of the view of the most careful rulers. Some of the people disobeyed the express command of God, which forbade all marriages with the heathen, Ezra 9:7. Disbelief of God...
MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE; both my inner and my upper garment. PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR OF MY HEAD, AND OF MY BEARD, in testimony of my great grief and indignation; which was usual among all these eastern...
Ezra 9:3 heard H8085 (H8800) thing H1697 tore H7167 (H8804) garment H899 robe H4598 out H4803 ...
THE PROBLEM OF FOREIGN WIVES IS BROUGHT TO EZRA'S ATTENTION (EZRA 9:1). It is noteworthy that the problem in question was drawn to Ezra's attention by some of the ‘princes' of Israel. This suggests th...
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...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 9:3 Ezra mourns that the “holy race” has compromised its newly won salvation by returning to the sins that had brought judgment in the first place. ⇐...
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...
2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:1; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 8:27; Ezekiel 3:15;...
I rent — Both mine inner and my upper garment....