Ezra 9 - Introduction
* Ezra mourns for the Jews' conduct. (1-4) Ezra's confession of sins. (5-15)... [ Continue Reading ]
* Ezra mourns for the Jews' conduct. (1-4) Ezra's confession of sins. (5-15)... [ Continue Reading ]
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's all-sufficiency, is at the bottom of the sorry shifts we make to help ourselves. They exposed them... [ Continue Reading ]
5-15 The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a penitent confession of sin, the sin of his people. But let this be the comfort of true penitents, that... [ Continue Reading ]