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Verse Ezra 10:44. SOME _OF THEM HAD WIVES BY WHOM THEY HAD CHILDREN._]
This observation was probably intended to show that only a _few_ of
them had children; but it shows also how rigorously the law w...
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Compare with the list in Ezra 2.
Ezra 10:19
THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS - i. e., “solemnly pledged themselves”
(compare the marginal references).
Ezra 10:44...
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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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A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAD MARRIED FOREIGN WIVES. These include seventeen
priests, together with Levites, singers, and doorkeepers, and also
laymen....
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STRANGE. foreign.
THUS ENDS the first part of this book "Ezra-Nehemiah"; not abruptly;
as it is followed by the second part, which is concerned mainly with
the rebuilding of the city and the walls, in...
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_All these had taken strange wives_ So also the R.V., a different
phrase in the original from that rendered -had married strange women".
See on Ezra 9:2.
_and some of them had wives by_whom _they had...
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The List of those who -had married strange women"
The record of the names was probably one of the documents officially
preserved. The publicity of such a list was in itself a punishment to
the offend...
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_VER._ 44. _THESE HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES,_ &C.— The number is not
very great, if compared with all those who came out of captivity; but
they seem to have been eminent persons, and their examples woul...
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5. A list is made of those who complied.
TEXT, EZRA 10:20-44
20.
And of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;
21.
and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and
Uzz...
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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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_Some_ OF THEM, etc.] The text is obscure and perhaps corrupt: the LXX
renders 'and had begotten children by them'; whilst 1Es 9:36 has 'and
they put them away with their children.' The harsh measures...
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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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(18-44) List of the transgressors.
(19) THEY GAVE THEIR HANDS. — The four members of the high
priest’s family were peculiarly dealt with. They gave their distinct
pledge, and offered each a special tr...
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כָּל ־אֵ֕לֶּה _נָשְׂא֖וּ_† נָשִׁ֣ים
נָכְרִיֹּ֑ות וְ יֵ֣שׁ
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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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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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_Children. Hebrew may be, "and some of these women had exposed their
children." But most follow the Septuagint and Vulgate. 3 Esdras ix.
36, "and they ejected them with their children." None was spare...
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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, my soul, over this chapter, and before I close this book of
divine inspiration, and shut up the view of this great man's history
and reform; see, and consider what the Holy Ghost g...
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Observe, Reader, how the names of the offenders are recorded. No doubt
both in judgment and in mercy. How fully doth it show forth the
covenant love of God in Christ, while it fully sets forth also hi...
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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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ALL THESE HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES,.... In all about one hundred and
thirteen:
AND SOME OF THEM HAD WIVES BY WHOM THEY HAD CHILDREN; and yet they put
them away, which made it the more difficult for th...
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All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by
whom they had children.
Ver. 44. _And some of them had wives by whom they had children_] Who
yet for all that were put away together...
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_All these had taken strange wives_ “The number is not very
great,” says Dr. Dodd, “if compared with all who came out of
captivity; but they seem to have been eminent persons, and their
examples would...
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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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All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom
they had children, a fact which, of course, in. creased the
difficulties of Ezra's task. All those who have sinned openly ought to...
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CATALOG OF MEN WHO HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES...
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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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15-44 The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the
Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away
ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God...
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Whereby he implies that most of their wives were barren; which came to
pass by God's special providence, partly to manifest his displeasure
against such matches, and partly that the practice of this g...
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Ezra 10:44 taken H5375 (H8804) (H8675) H5375 (H8802) pagan H5237 wives
H802 had H3426 wives...
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THE NAMES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN MARRYING IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (EZRA
10:18).
Ezra then prepared for Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, a list of those
with whom he had had to deal. We can compare how t...
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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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_And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua._
THE LIST OF OFFENDERS
For what purpose is this catalogue of names inserted here?
I....
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EZRA 10:18 List of Those Who Were Implicated. The list of around a
hundred names may suggest a more limited problem than one might have
expected. In that case, the severe reaction of Ezra and the comm...
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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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Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 5:3...
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Had children — This implies that most of their wives were barren.
Which came to pass by God's special providence, to manifest his
displeasure against such matches, and that the putting them away might...
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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...