Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 10:4
This matter belongeth unto thee; because thou hast both skill to manage it, and authority both from God and from the Persian king to do it.
This matter belongeth unto thee; because thou hast both skill to manage it, and authority both from God and from the Persian king to do it.
Verse Ezra 10:4. _ARISE; FOR_ THIS _MATTER_ BELONGETH UNTO THEE] By the decree of Artaxerxes, he was authorized to do everything that the law of God required: see Ezra 7:23-15. And all officers were c...
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 PEOPLE SWEAR TO PUT AWAY THEIR FOREIGN WIVES. The narrative now proceeds in the third person. Ezra 10:2. Shecaniah: a common name; not necessarily identical with the person of this name referred t...
ARISE. It would seem that Ezra continued kneeling....
The appeal to Ezra. _Arise_ Not a reference to Ezra's prostration but a summons to energetic action, Joshua 1:2; Judges 4:14; 1 Samuel 16:12 and often. _for_this _matter_belongeth _unto thee_:] R.V....
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT D. The community is cleansed, and a list of the offenders is given. 1. A decision is reached by those who heard Ezra pray. TEXT, EZRA 10:1-4 1 Now while Ezra was p...
_NOW THEREFORE LET US MAKE A COVENANT WITH OUR GOD TO PUT AWAY ALL THE WIVES, AND SUCH AS ARE BORN OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE COUNSEL OF MY LORD, AND OF THOSE THAT TREMBLE AT THE COMMANDMENT OF OUR GOD...
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...
X. (1-6) The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transaction, Ezra adopts the third person. (1) BEFO...
ק֛וּם כִּֽי ־עָלֶ֥יךָ הַ דָּבָ֖ר וַ אֲנַ֣חְנו
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...
Arise; for [this] matter (d) [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it]. (d) Because God has given you authority and learning to persuade the people in this a...
_Thy part. The high priest not acting, (Menochius) Esdras was appointed chief, (Haydock) and his abilities were universally acknowledged. (Calmet)_...
No doubt in the evil already induced from these improper connections, the Holy Ghost had guarded the stock of David from any evil consequences in this grand matter. But it was high time that Israel sh...
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...
ARISE,.... From the ground, where he lay prostrate: FOR THIS MATTER BELONGETH UNTO THEE; as a priest and scribe of the law, well versed in it, and therefore could direct what was to be done according...
Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] unto thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it]. Ver. 4. _Arise_] _Surge, age, Summe Pater,_ Arise, act, most high father, said Mantuan to...
_Arise, for this matter belongeth unto thee_ Who hast a perfect knowledge of the law, and full power from the king of Persia to see every thing done according to it; and who hast most skill to manage...
[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...
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee; Ezra was the one man competent to take charge of the problem, both on account of his familiarity with the Law of God and on account of the authority vested...
Ezra's Reform Measures Adopted...
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...
1-5 Shechaniah owned the national guilt. The case is sad, but it is not desperate; the disease threatening, but not incurable. Now that the people begin to lament, a spirit of repentance seems to be...
Ezra 10:4 Arise H6965 (H8798) matter H1697 courage H2388 (H8798) do H6213 (H8798) Arise -...
SHECANIAH CONFESSES TO EZRA THE GUILT OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WIVES AND CONFIRMS THEIR AGREEMENT TO THE PLAN PUT FORWARD BY EZRA AND THOSE WHO TREMBLE AT GOD'S WORD (EZRA 10:1). A g...
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...
_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
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 22:16; 1 Chronicles 22:19; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1 Chronicles 28:21;...