Ezra 9:3

EZRA’S GRIEF AND PRAYER, Ezra 9:3-15.

3. I rent my garment and my mantle Both the inner and the outer clothing. This was a sign of most excessive grief. Job rent only his mantle, Job 1:20. Compare Joshua 7:6.

Plucked off the hair Another sign of anguish and sorrow. Job shaved his head in his agony of grief.

Astonished Ezra sat down, amazed at the extent and fearfulness of his people’s sin.