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Verse 12. _AS THOU HAST SAID, SO MUST WE DO._] They all resolved to
do what Ezra then commanded, they did put away their wives, even those
by whom they had children; Ezra 10:44: this was a great hard...
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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 JEWS ASSEMBLE IN JERUSALEM; OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED FROM EACH CITY
TO SEE THAT THE FOREIGN WIVES ARE PUT AWAY.
Ezra 10:6. Jehohanan: _cf._ Nehemiah 12:13. AND WHEN HE CAME THITHER:
read, and he lo...
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AS THOU HAST SAID. according to thy words. Hebrew margin reads "word"....
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3. The decision is accepted by all, in the assembly.
TEXT, EZRA 10:9-15
9
So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the
three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth...
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_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 ver...
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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 *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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(7-17) Conference of the people and commission to try individual
cases.
(8) FORFEITED. — This, as also what precedes and what follows, again
recalls the express commission of Ezra 7. But “according to...
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וַ יַּֽעְנ֧וּ כָֽל ־הַ קָּהָ֛ל וַ
יֹּאמְר֖וּ
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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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No doubt the hand of the Lord was upon them, and with them, so that
grace triumphed over nature, that all the people, as the heart of one
man consented unto the thing. Oh! how delightful is it, when g...
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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 ALL THE CONGREGATION ANSWERED AND SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE,....
That they might be heard, and to show that they were willing and ready
to comply with what was proposed:
AS THOU HOST SAID, SO MUST...
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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou
hast said, so must we do.
Ver. 12. _Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud
voice_] But not with a true heart, H...
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_Make confession unto the Lord; and do his pleasure_ You have sinfully
pleased yourselves, now please God, by your obedience to his command.
_And separate yourselves from your strange wives_ There bei...
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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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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, their
resolution firmly and unhesitatingly expressed, AS THOU HAST SAID, SO
MUST WE DO, FEELING THEMSELVES IN CONSCIENCE BOUND TO BE OBED...
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Ezra's Reform Measures Adopted...
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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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6-14 There is hope concerning people, when they are convinced, not
only that it is good to part with their sins, but that it is
necessary; we must do it, or we are undone. So rich is the mercy, and
s...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 10:12 assembly H6951 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)
loud H1419 voice H6963 said H1697 do...
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Ezra 10:7
‘And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all
the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves
together to Jerusalem,'
Ezra having retired to pray, the...
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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; Ezra 10:4; Nehemiah 13:23; Psalms 78:37; Psalms 78:57...
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Why did God command Israelite men to put away their unbelieving wives,
but Paul said not to do so?
PROBLEM: Ezra made all the returning Israelites put away their
“pagan wives” because they were “addin...