Ezra 10:3

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 10:3

such as are born. It does not appear that Shechaniah's proposal was carried out. Compare verses: Ezra 10:11 , Ezra 10:14 . counsel. See Psalms 33:11 ; Psalms 73:24 ; Psalms 106:13 .Proverbs 8:14 ; Proverbs 19:21 .Isaiah 46:10 , Isaiah 46:11 . my LORD* = Jehovah. One of the 134 places where Jehovah was altered by the Sopherim to Adonay. See App-32 and App-4 . tremble. Compare Ezra 9:4 . according to the law. See Deuteronomy 24:1 , Deuteronomy 24:2 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezra 10:3

Ver. 3. To put away all the wives, and such as are born of them— It has been objected by some, that it seems an act of extreme severity, if not of injustice, upon the dissolution of these illegal marriages, to turn the children adrift, and cause them to suffer. Now let it be first observed, that the law, Deuteronomy 7:1; Deu 7:26 was express, and enforced with weighty reasons against these pagan marriages; and therefore, since whatever is done contrary to law is ipso facto null and void, these... 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 10:3

10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away {c} all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.(c) Who are strangers and married contrary to the law of God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:1-44

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 Him, weeping bitterly, for they realized that this was not a matter merely to pray about, but to be faced and settled before God. One man, Shechaniah, became a spokesman for all, confessing their guilt in having trespassed against God in taking pagan wives."Yet now," he said, "there is hope in... read more

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