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Selected Verse: Ezra 10:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ezr 10:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Now when Ezra [05830] had prayed [06419], and when he had confessed [03034], weeping [01058] and casting himself down [05307] before [06440] the house [01004] of God [0430], there assembled [06908] unto him out of Israel [03478] a very [03966] great [07227] congregation [06951] of men [0582] and women [0802] and children [03206]: for the people [05971] wept [01058] very [07235] sore [01059]. |
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King James |
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 congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
EZRA REFORMS THE STRANGE MARRIAGES. (Ezra 10:1-17)
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 expressions in the court of the temple having rapidly spread through the city, a great multitude flocked to the spot. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Before the house of God - i. e., in front of the temple, praying toward it Kg1 8:30, Kg1 8:35; Dan 6:10, and thus in the sight of all the people who happened at the time to be in the great court. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The separation of the strange wives from the congregation. - Ezr 10:1-5. While Ezra was making this confession before God, a numerous assemblage gathered around him, and wept aloud. From this point onwards Ezra relates the further course of events in such wise as to cast his own person in the background, and speaks of himself in the third person. The matter of his prayer is more definitely declared by וּכהתודּתו, and his posture in prayer by וּמתנפּל בּכה, weeping and casting himself down (lying on his knees, Ezr 9:5). "Before the house of God," i.e., in the court of the temple. The confirmatory clause: for the people wept much (בכה הרבּה, a weeping in mass), furnishes the motive of so great a number of men, women, and children gathering around Ezra. Very many were as distressed as he was at the marriages with strange wives, and regarded them as a grievous trespass; hence they assembled weeping around him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| There assembled - The account of his grief, and publick expressions thereof in the court before the temple, being in an instant dispersed over all the city, brought a great company together. See what an happy influence the example of great ones may have upon their inferiors! |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The people wept very sore - They were deeply affected at the thought of God's displeasure, which they justly feared was about to light upon them, because of their transgressions. |
10 Now when Daniel [01841] knew [03046] that the writing [03792] was signed [07560], he went [05954] into his house [01005]; and his windows [03551] being open [06606] in his chamber [05952] toward [05049] Jerusalem [03390], he kneeled [01289] upon [05922] his knees [01291] three [08532] times [02166] a day [03118], and prayed [06739], and gave thanks [03029] before [06925] his God [0426], as [06903] [03606] he did [01934] [05648] aforetime [04481] [01836] [06928].
35 When heaven [08064] is shut up [06113], and there is no rain [04306], because they have sinned [02398] against thee; if they pray [06419] toward this place [04725], and confess [03034] thy name [08034], and turn [07725] from their sin [02403], when thou afflictest [06031] them:
30 And hearken [08085] thou to the supplication [08467] of thy servant [05650], and of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], when they shall pray [06419] toward this place [04725]: and hear [08085] thou in heaven [08064] thy dwelling [03427] place [04725]: and when thou hearest [08085], forgive [05545].
5 And at the evening [06153] sacrifice [04503] I arose up [06965] from my heaviness [08589]; and having rent [07167] my garment [0899] and my mantle [04598], I fell [03766] upon my knees [01290], and spread out [06566] my hands [03709] unto the LORD [03068] my God [0430],
1 Now when Ezra [05830] had prayed [06419], and when he had confessed [03034], weeping [01058] and casting himself down [05307] before [06440] the house [01004] of God [0430], there assembled [06908] unto him out of Israel [03478] a very [03966] great [07227] congregation [06951] of men [0582] and women [0802] and children [03206]: for the people [05971] wept [01058] very [07235] sore [01059].
2 And Shechaniah [07935] the son [01121] of Jehiel [03171], one of the sons [01121] of Elam [05867], answered [06030] and said [0559] unto Ezra [05830], We have trespassed [04603] against our God [0430], and have taken [03427] strange [05237] wives [0802] of the people [05971] of the land [0776]: yet now there is [03426] hope [04723] in Israel [03478] concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let us make [03772] a covenant [01285] with our God [0430] to put away [03318] all the wives [0802], and such as are born [03205] of them, according to the counsel [06098] of my lord [0136], and of those that tremble [02730] at the commandment [04687] of our God [0430]; and let it be done [06213] according to the law [08451].
4 Arise [06965]; for this matter [01697] belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage [02388], and do [06213] it.
5 Then arose [06965] Ezra [05830], and made the chief [08269] priests [03548], the Levites [03881], and all Israel [03478], to swear [07650] that they should do [06213] according to this word [01697]. And they sware [07650].