Ezra 10:12

And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

Darby Translation

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

11And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

13But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab.

Psalms 78:57And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful 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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