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Verse Ezra 9:4. _THOSE THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY_] Those that had
returned long before with Zerubbabel; see Ezra 9:1.
_UNTIL THE EVENING SACRIFICE._] The _morning_ sacrifice was the first
of all th...
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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...
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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...
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TREMBLED AT THE WORDS, &C. Compare Isaiah 66:2.
TRANSGRESSION. defection. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44.
SACRIFICE. meal offering. Hebrew. _minchah._ App-43....
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There are, collected unto Ezra those who believed in the word of God
and dreaded the displeasure consequent upon such transgression.
Perhaps the reference is especially to the threats contained in the...
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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
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Now when these thin...
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_THEN WERE ASSEMBLED UNTO ME EVERY ONE THAT TREMBLED AT THE WORDS OF
THE GOD OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE OF THE TRANSGRESSION OF THOSE THAT HAD BEEN
CARRIED AWAY; AND I SAT ASTONIED UNTIL THE EVENING SACRIFICE...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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וְ אֵלַ֣י יֵאָסְפ֗וּ כֹּ֤ל חָרֵד֙ בְּ
דִבְרֵ֣
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_To me, in the court of the temple, chap. x. 1. (Menochius) ---
Sacrifice, which was offered last of all, about sun-set, Exodus xxix.
38. The Jews commonly protract their fasts till the stars appear....
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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...
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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...
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THERE WERE ASSEMBLED UNTO ME EVERYONE THAT TREMBLED AT THE WORDS OF
THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... That had a reverence for the word of God, and
the things contained in it; feared to break the laws of God, an...
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Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of
the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been
carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice....
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_Then were assembled unto me_ To join with me, both in lamenting the
sin, and in endeavouring to effect the redress of it; _every one that
trembled at the words of the God of Israel_ Who stood in awe...
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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...
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Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of
the God of Israel, those impressed with the terror of Jehovah's
possible wrath, BECAUSE OF THE TRANSGRESSION OF THOSE THAT HAD BEEN...
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THE EVIL OF INTERMARRIAGES EXPOSED...
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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...
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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...
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THEN WERE ASSEMBLED UNTO ME; to join with me both in lamenting the
sin, and in endeavouring the redress of it. EVERY ONE THAT TREMBLED AT
THE WORDS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, i.e. who stood in awe of God,...
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Ezra 9:4 trembled H2730 words H1697 God H430 Israel H3478 assembled
H622 (H8735) transgression H4604 captive H1473 sat...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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§ 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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 34:27; Acts 3:1; Daniel 9:21; Exodus 29:39; Ezekiel 9:4;...
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Evening sacrifice — When the people used to assemble together. All
good people ought to own those that appear and act for God against
vice and profaneness. Every one that fears God, ought to stand by...