Ezra 10:12

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

In Context

11So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.

13But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Psalms 78:57Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:7-15

6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the… Read the whole commentary →

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