Ezra 10:12

Then all the congregation answered and said, This thy word is powerful upon us to do it.

Brenton Septuagint

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

11Now therefore give praise to the Lord God of our fathers, and do that which is pleasing in his sight: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange wives.

13But the people is numerous, and the season is stormy, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is more than enough for one day or for two; for we have greatly sinned in this matter.

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Cross References

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

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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