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Verse Ezra 10:5. _AND THEY SWARE._] The thing was evidently contrary
to the law of God; and now he bound them by an _oath_ to rectify the
abuse....
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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...
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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...
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THE CHIEF PRIESTS. the princes of the priests. Compare 2 Chronicles
36:14.
THE LEVITES. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and
the Levites"....
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Ezra's prompt action: an oath administered to the princes.
_the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel_ R.V. THE CHIEFS OF
THE PRIESTS. Here as in Ezra 8:29 the A.V. by rendering -chief
priests" g...
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2. The decision is shared by the leaders, and an assembly is ordered.
TEXT, EZRA 10:5-8
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Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, take oath that they would do acco...
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_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...
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THE FOREIGN WIVES ARE DIVORCED
3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1, which required a bill
of divorcement....
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THE CHIEF PRIESTS] RV 'the chiefs of the priests': see 2 Chronicles
36:14....
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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...
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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...
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וַ יָּ֣קָם עֶזְרָ֡א וַ יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע
אֶת ־שָׂרֵ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Who but must admire the holy zeal of Ezra? What a wonderful attempt it
must have been? What a crucifixion of the flesh with its affections
and lusts? Do, Reader, observe how the Lord seemed to answer...
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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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THEN AROSE EZRA,.... From the ground where he lay:
AND MADE THE CHIEF PRIESTS, AND THE LEVITES, AND ALL ISRAEL, TO SWEAR
THAT THEY SHOULD DO ACCORDING TO THIS WORD: he took an oath of all
that were p...
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Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they
sware.
Ver. 5. _Then arose Ezra_] According to the counsel of S...
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_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...
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[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...
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 10:5 Ezra H5830 arose H6965 (H8799) leaders H8269 priests H3548
Levites H3881 Israel H3478 oath H7650 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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)....
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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
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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...
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Ezra 10:3; Matthew 26:63; Nehemiah 10:29; Nehemiah 13:25; Nehemiah