_NOW WHEN EZRA HAD PRAYED, AND WHEN HE HAD CONFESSED, WEEPING AND CASTING HIMSELF DOWN BEFORE THE HOUSE OF GOD, THERE ASSEMBLED UNTO HIM OUT OF ISRAEL A VERY GREAT CONGREGATION OF MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN: FOR THE PEOPLE WEPT VERY SORE._ Now when Ezra had prayed. Since this prayer was uttered in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHECHANIAH THE SON OF JEHIEL, ONE OF THE SONS OF ELAM, ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO EZRA, WE HAVE TRESPASSED AGAINST OUR GOD, AND HAVE TAKEN STRANGE WIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND: YET NOW THERE IS HOPE IN ISRAEL CONCERNING THIS THING._ Shechaniah ... answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed... [ Continue Reading ]
_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; AND LET IT BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE LAW._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN EZRA ROSE UP FROM BEFORE THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND WENT INTO THE CHAMBER OF JOHANAN THE SON OF ELIASHIB: AND WHEN HE CAME THITHER, HE DID EAT NO BREAD, NOR DRINK WATER: FOR HE MOURNED BECAUSE OF THE TRANSGRESSION OF THEM THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY._ Then Ezra ... went into the chamber of Johanan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY MADE PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT JUDAH AND JERUSALEM UNTO ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY, THAT THEY SHOULD GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER UNTO JERUSALEM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ALL THE MEN OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER UNTO JERUSALEM WITHIN THREE DAYS. IT WAS THE NINTH MONTH, ON THE TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH; AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAT IN THE STREET OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, TREMBLING BECAUSE OF THIS MATTER, AND FOR THE GREAT RAIN._ THEN ALL THE MEN OF J... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EZRA THE PRIEST STOOD UP, AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED, AND HAVE TAKEN STRANGE WIVES, TO INCREASE THE TRESPASS OF ISRAEL._ Ezra the priest stood up and said. Having fully represented the enormity of their sin, and urged them to dissolve their unlawful connections, he was gratified... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE MAKE CONFESSION UNTO THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, AND DO HIS PLEASURE: AND SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, AND FROM THE STRANGE WIVES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE PEOPLE ARE MANY, AND IT IS A TIME OF MUCH RAIN, AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO STAND WITHOUT, NEITHER IS THIS A WORK OF ONE DAY OR TWO: FOR WE ARE MANY THAT HAVE TRANSGRESSED IN THIS THING._ But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain х_ HAA`EET_ (H6256) _ GªSHAAMIYM_ (H1653)] - the sea... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET NOW OUR RULERS OF ALL THE CONGREGATION STAND, AND LET ALL THEM WHICH HAVE TAKEN STRANGE WIVES IN OUR CITIES COME AT APPOINTED TIMES, AND WITH THEM THE ELDERS OF EVERY CITY, AND THE JUDGES THEREOF, UNTIL THE FIERCE WRATH OF OUR GOD FOR THIS MATTER BE TURNED FROM US._ No JFB commentary on this v... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONLY JONATHAN THE SON OF ASAHEL AND JAHAZIAH THE SON OF TIKVAH WERE EMPLOYED ABOUT THIS MATTER: AND MESHULLAM AND SHABBETHAI THE LEVITE HELPED THEM._ Shabbethai - Sabbath-born: cf. Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 8:11; Nehemiah 8:16 (in margin).... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 FIRST DAY OF THE TENTH MONTH TO EXAMINE THE MATTER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AMONG THE SONS OF THE PRIESTS THERE WERE FOUND THAT HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES: NAMELY, OF THE SONS OF JESHUA THE SON OF JOZADAK, AND HIS BRETHREN; MAASEIAH, AND ELIEZER, AND JARIB, AND GEDALIAH._ Among the sons of the priests. From the names of so many men of rank appearing in the following list... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS THAT THEY WOULD PUT AWAY THEIR WIVES; AND BEING GUILTY, THEY OFFERED A RAM OF THE FLOCK FOR THEIR TRESPASS._ They gave their hands - i:e., came under a solemn engagement, which was usually ratified by pledging the right hand (Proverbs 6:1; Ezekiel 17:18). The delinquents... [ Continue Reading ]