Ezra 10:1 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:1-44

The problem solved (10:1-44)People heard of Ezra’s grief and gathered with their families to meet him. They confessed their wrongdoing and promised on oath before Ezra that they would correct it (10:1-5). But the problem could not be solved in a day, for it was widespread and its consequences were far-reaching. Ezra therefore went away to a quiet room in a friend’s house where he could spend the night considering the matter before God. The result was that a meeting of all families was arranged... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 10:1

when Ezra had prayed. Note the change to the third person. This does not imply another authorship. Such changes are common. Compare Isaiah 6:5-8 ; Isaiah 7:3 ; Isaiah 37:6 with other passages. Also Jeremiah 20:1-6 with Ezra 10:7 ; and Jeremiah 21:1 with Jeremiah 28:1 , Jeremiah 28:5 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 . Israel. Compare Ezra 1:5 .Ezra 2:2 , Ezra 2:59 , Ezra 2:70 ; Ezra 6:21 ; Ezra 7:10 , Ezra 7:13 ; Ezra 8:25 ; Ezra 9:1 . See note on 1 Kings 12:17 . ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezra 10:1

ISRAEL'S PUTTING AWAY OF THEIR FOREIGN WIVES AND CHILDREN;THEY ACCEPT SHECHANIAH'S PROPOSAL"Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and bowing himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children, for the people wept very sore. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 10:1

1. Now when Ezra had prayed—As this prayer was uttered in public, while there was a general concourse of the people at the time of the evening sacrifice and as it was accompanied with all the demonstrations of poignant sorrow and anguish, it is not surprising that the spectacle of a man so respected, a priest so holy, a governor so dignified as Ezra, appearing distressed and filled with fear at the sad state of things, should produce a deep sensation; and the report of his passionate grief and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 10:1-4

The proposal of Shecaniah 10:1-4The writer did not list Shecaniah among those who had married foreign wives (cf. Ezra 10:18-44). He appears to have been another faithful Jew like Ezra. The present situation distressed him. He too, though faithful, identified with the unfaithful.Shecaniah proposed divorce, not separation. The Hebrew word translated "put away" (Ezra 10:3) is the same as the one translated "leaves" in Deuteronomy 24:2 where divorce is in view. "According to the law" (Ezra 10:3)... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

The Foreign Wives are Divorced3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1-2, which required a bill of divorcement. 5. The chief priests] RV ’the chiefs of the priests’: see 2 Chronicles 36:14.6. Johanan] If the Eliashib meant is the contemporary of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:4, Nehemiah 13:7) and Johanan was really his grandson (not his son, see Nehemiah 12:22), he must have lived a long while after Ezra, and consequently the description of the chamber, here alluded to, as the chamber of Johanan... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 10:1-6

X.(1-6) The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transaction, Ezra adopts the third person.(1) Before the house of God.—Prostrating himself towards the Temple in the court, where all the people saw him and marked his distress.Wept very sore.—The evil penetrated domestic life, and the punishment, as was already foreseen by “the women bringing the children with them,” brought special family... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:1-44

THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCHEzra 10:1-44EZRA’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 Ezra; at the tenth chapter the chronicler resumes his story, describing, however, the events which immediately follow. His writing is here as graphic as Ezra’s, and if it is not taken from notes left by the scribe, at all events it would seem to be drawn from the report of another eye-witness, for it... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

CHAPTER 10 1. The effect of Ezra’s prayer on the people (Ezra 10:1-4 ) 2. Ezra summons an assembly (Ezra 10:5-8 ) 3. The gathering, confession and the evil judged (Ezra 10:9-17 ) 4. The register of those who had married strange women (Ezra 10:18-44 ) Ezra 10:1-4 . Ezra’s prayer, confession and humiliation were before the house of the LORD.” The people saw his great sorrow and his tears, they heard his words confessing the nation’s sins. It produced a wonderful effect among the people.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ezra 10:1

10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had {a} confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.(a) He confessed his sins, and the sins of the people. read more