Ezra 10:4 Meaning and Commentary
“Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.”– Ezra 10:4 (KJV) “Get up, for it is your responsibility …
“Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.”– Ezra 10:4 (KJV) “Get up, for it is your responsibility …
“Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, …
“And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the …
“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great …
“O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand …
“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that …
“And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, …
“Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, …
“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land unto which ye go to possess it is an unclean land, with the filthiness of the people of …
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments, which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land unto …