Ezra 10:12

And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

Majority Standard Bible

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, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty 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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