Esdras 10:15-44 NVIPT

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ezra 10:1-19

Putting Away Strange Marriages Ezra 10:1-19 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 winning men from their evil ways? But we must not expend all our force in tears; we must act when we have opportunity. Shechaniah was not implicated, but his father and other near relatives were, Ezra 10:26 . His words may be appropriated by us all, Ezra 10:2 . There is always hope for the man... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

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 of the enormity of their sin as they saw how this man was so affected by it. At last, one of their number spoke to him, acknowledging the sin, and suggesting the remedy. Then immediately Ezra became a man of action. He first called the people into sacred covenant, that they would put away the evil... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

Ezra Deals With The Problem Of Returnees Who Have Been Led Astray Into Idolatry Having Taken Foreign Wives (Ezra 9:1 to Ezra 10:44 ). It is important here to recognise that what was in question was not the taking of foreign wives who willingly turned away from all false gods and became worshippers of YHWH, but the problem of taking foreign wives who introduced their false gods and ideas into the worship of Israel. This is specifically brought out in Ezra 9:1-2; Ezra 9:11-12. It was as a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:7-17

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 leaders of Israel made a proclamation throughout Jerusalem and Judea that all the returnees from exile should gather at Jerusalem. They would be living among the peoples of the land, but these were not invited. The purpose was in order to determine who had married idolatrous foreign wives. Ezra 10:8... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:18-44

The Names Of Those Involved In Marrying Idolatrous Foreign Women (Ezra 10:18-44 ). Ezra then prepared for Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, a list of those with whom he had had to deal. We can compare how the king had asked for a list of those involved in building the Temple (Ezra 5:10). The list is divided up into priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers an Israel. All four houses of priests mentioned in Ezra 2:36-39 were involved. Although the promise to put away their idolatrous foreign wives... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:6-17

Ezra 10:6-Esther : . 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 lodged there” ( mg.) , i.e. spent the night there. Ezra 10:8 . forfeited: “ devoted,” i.e. put under a religious ban (see pp. 99, 114, Deuteronomy 2:34 * Joshua 6:17 *).— separated from the congregation: equivalent to the later “ put out of the synagogue” ; cf. John 9:22.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:18-44

Ezra 10:18-Acts : . A List of those who had Married Foreign Wives.— These include seventeen priests, together with Levites, singers, and doorkeepers, and also laymen. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:15

To wit, to take due care that the business should be executed in the manner proposed, that the officers and delinquents of every city should come successively in convenient time and order, as these should appoint, and to take and keep an exact account of the whole transaction, and of the names of the cities and persons whose causes were despatched, and to give notice to others to come in their turns, and to prepare the business for the hearing of the judges. And these two were priests, as their... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:16

Were separated, i.e. sequestered themselves from all other business, and gave themselves wholly to this. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:19

They gave their hand, i.e. they covenanted or swore by giving their hand; which was the usual gesture in those cases; of which see Leviticus 6:2; Ezekiel 17:18. read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ezra 10:1-19

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:7-17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:18-44

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:6-17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:18-44

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:19

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