Ezra 10:9-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 10:6-14

We have here an account of the proceedings upon the resolutions lately taken up concerning the strange wives; no time was lost; they struck when the iron was hot, and soon set the wheels of reformation a-going. 1. Ezra went to the council-chamber where, it is probable, the priests used to meet upon public business; and till he came thither (so bishop Patrick thinks it should be read), till he saw something done, and more likely to be done, for the redress of this grievance, he did neither eat... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin ,.... And such of the ten tribes that returned and dwelt among them: gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days ; the time fixed: which they were the more careful to observe, since it was enjoined by the authority of princes and elders, and the punishment in case of disobedience very severe: it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month ; the month Chisleu, which answers to part of November and part of December, so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:10

And Ezra the priest stood up ,.... In the midst of the assembly to make his speech, acquainting them with the reason of their meeting together: and said unto them, ye have transgressed ; the law of God in the following instance: and have taken strange wives ; of the people of the land and others, idolatrous persons: to increase the trespass of Israel ; to add to former iniquities, which had been the cause of the captivity. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 10:11

Now therefore make confession to the Lord God of your fathers ,.... Of their sin, and express their detestation of it, and repentance for it: and do his pleasure ; obey his will, and particularly in this case: and separate yourselves from the people of the land ; the Canaanites, &c.; have no fellowship with them, make no covenants, contracts, and alliances with them for the future: and from the strange wives ; they had taken; put them away. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:9

Ninth month - Answering to a part of our December. Trembling because of - the great rain - Απο του χειμωνος , Because of the winter, Septuagint; it was now December, the coldest and most rainy part of the year in Palestine. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 10:11

Make confession - Acknowledge your sins before God, with deep compunction of heart, and the fullest resolution to forsake them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 10:1-44

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 10:6-12

A national call. We have traced before the probable influence of Ezra's piety and instructions; how they seem to have aroused the national conscience, and so to have brought to light the secret national sin; and how they afterwards brought together so many of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, first to grieve for it, and then to renounce it, and resolve to suppress it. But these men, however influential, were only a fractional part of the nation. If their resolves were to be carried out... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 10:6-44

The reformations. Roused by the speech of Shechaniah to the work of reformation, Ezra promptly took his measures. These are set forth in the words before us. The consideration of the subject may be conveniently arranged under three heads, viz.— I. THE PROCLAMATION . 1. This was drawn up in the temple (verses 6, 7). 2. Its measures were strong and peremptory. (3) There was also a civil penalty, viz; "that all his substance should be forfeited." The Hebrew for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 10:7-9

PROCLAMATION MADE , SUMMONING ALL THE JEWS TO JERUSALEM ( Ezra 10:7-9 ). After due deliberation between Ezra, the princes, and the elders (verse 8), it was resolved, as a first step, to summon all Jews—or, rather, all those who had returned from the captivity, whether they were Jews or Israelites—to Jerusalem, in order that the decision come to with respect to the mixed marriages might be communicated to them. The limit of three days was fixed as the latest date at which any... read more

Group of Brands