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Verse Ezra 9:3. _I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE_] The _outer_ and
_inner_ garment, in sign of great grief. This significant act is
frequently mentioned in the sacred writings, and was common among al...
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Plucking out the hair with the hands, so common among the Classical
nations, is, comparatively speaking, rarely mentioned as practiced by
Asiatics....
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. Ezra's astonishment and grief (Ezra 9:1)_
2. Ezra's confession and prayer (Ezra 9:5)
Ezra 9:1. When all these things had been done (that are related in
chapter 8:33-36) Ezra was confr...
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REPORT IS MADE TO EZRA OF THE MARRIAGES OF JEWS WITH THE HEATHEN.
Ezra's zeal in this matter resulted in his going beyond the
requirements of the Law (_cf._ Deuteronomy 23:7).
Ezra 9:1. the Canaanite...
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RENT MY GARMENT, &C. These were signs of inward mourning. See Ezra
9:5. Jos 7:6. 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2. 2Sa 13:31. 2 Kings 18:37;
Job 1:20; Matthew 26:65.
ASTONIED: i.e. causing astonishment in...
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_I rent my garment and my mantle_ Ezra's conduct betrays his surprise,
his grief, and his indignation. The rending of the clothes is
frequently mentioned in Scripture as a sign of grief: Ezra here is...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
C. Ezra hears about some current sins, particularly marriage to
foreigners, and he prays.
1. Ezra is informed of the problem.
TEXT, EZRA 9:1-5
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Now when these thi...
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_AND WHEN I HEARD THIS THING, I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE, AND
PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR OF MY HEAD AND OF MY BEARD, AND SAT DOWN
ASTONIED._
When I heard this ... I rent my garment and my mantle ... -...
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EZRA'S INDIGNATION AT INTERMARRIAGES WITH THE HEATHEN
1. The Canaanites, etc.] In the Law it was only with the various
Canaanite nations that marriage was altogether forbidden (Exodus
34:12; Deuterono...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 After these things had happened, the leaders came to me. They
said, ‘The *people of Israel have not kept themselves separate from
th...
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IX.
(1) NOW WHEN THESE THINGS WERE DONE. — The remainder of the book is
occupied with the execution of Ezra’s function as a moral reformer.
One chief disorder is mentioned, that of the mixed marriage...
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וּ כְ שָׁמְעִי֙ אֶת ־הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ
זֶּ֔ה קָרַ֥עְתִּי אֶת ־בִּגְדִ֖י וּ
מְעִילִ֑י וָ...
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FOREIGN MARRIAGES
Ezra 9:1
The successful issue of Ezra's undertaking was speedily followed by a
bitter disappointment on the part of its leader, the experience of
which urged him to make a drastic...
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A LEADER'S SORROWS FOR HIS PEOPLE'S SINS
Ezra 9:1
The mingling of the holy seed with heathen peoples was always the
curse of Israel, and it has been the temptation of God's children in
every age. Do...
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On Ezra's arrival at Jerusalem complaint was made to him of the
failure and sin of the people. What an appalling story it was, that
during these sixty years, even though there had been no return to
he...
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And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and
plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down (c)
astonied.
(c) As one doubting whether God would continue his benefi...
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_Coat, ( tunicam) or inner garment. (Haydock) --- Mourning. Hebrew,
"astonished." (Syriac) (Montanus) (Calmet) (Protestants) ---
Septuagint, "alone." 3 Esdras, "pensive and in grief." (Haydock) ---
Ar...
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What a finished picture hath the Holy Ghost here drawn of a saint of
God; silent under the heavy affliction of soul, arising from
indignation at the awful calamity. The rending the garment, and the
pl...
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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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AND WHEN I HEARD THIS THING, I RENT MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE,.... Both
inward and outward garments, that which was close to his body, and
that which was thrown loose over it; and this he did in token...
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And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and
plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down
astonied.
Ver. 3. _I rent my garment and my mantle_] In token of his de...
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_When I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle_, &c. Both
my inner and my upper garment. This was a token, not only of his very
great grief and sorrow, but of his sense of God's displeasure...
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1 Ezra mourneth for the affinitie of the people with strangers.
5 He prayeth vnto God with confession of sinnes.
1 NOWE when these things were done, the Princes came to me, saying,
The people of Isr...
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THE EVIL OF INTERMARRIAGES EXPOSED...
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HUMBLED BECAUSE OF MIXED MARRIAGES
(vv. 1-4)
If Ezra expected to engage in the pleasant work of the priesthood, it
must have been a keen disappointment to find soon after his arrival
that there was...
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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'...
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MY GARMENT AND MY MANTLE; both my inner and my upper garment. PLUCKED
OFF THE HAIR OF MY HEAD, AND OF MY BEARD, in testimony of my great
grief and indignation; which was usual among all these eastern...
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Ezra 9:3 heard H8085 (H8800) thing H1697 tore H7167 (H8804) garment
H899 robe H4598 out H4803 (H8799) hair H8181 head H7218 beard H2206
down H3427 (H8799) astonished H8074 (H8789)
rent - Joshua 7:6;...
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THE PROBLEM OF FOREIGN WIVES IS BROUGHT TO EZRA'S ATTENTION (EZRA
9:1).
It is noteworthy that the problem in question was drawn to Ezra's
attention by some of the ‘princes' of Israel. This suggests th...
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CONTENTS: The remnant loses its separated position. Ezra's prayer and
confession.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra.
CONCLUSION: Let this be the comfort of true penitents, that though
their sins have piled up t...
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Ezra 9:2. _The holy seed have mingled with the people._ The
distinction of the Jews from the heathen was not by nature, but by
grace. Their nobility lay in adherence to the covenant of God, and so
the...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 9:1 Ezra Discovers and Confronts the Problem of
Intermarriage. Ezra discovers that the Jewish community has mixed with
idolatrous non-Jewish groups in religion and in marriage. He le...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now come to the social and
religious reformation effected by Ezra amongst the Jews who had
previously returned to their own land (chaps. 9 and 10). And in this
chap...
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§ 2. REFORMATION OF RELIGION ACCOMPLISHED BY EZRA AT JERUSALEM.
EXPOSITION
IN the interval between Zerubbabel's rule and the coming of Ezra from
Babylon with a special commission appointing him gover...
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Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated
themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to...
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2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:1; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 8:27; Ezekiel 3:15;
Ezekiel 7:18; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 36:24; Jeremiah 48:37; Jeremiah 48
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I rent — Both mine inner and my upper garment....