Ezra 10:4

Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

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In The King James Version

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

In Context

3Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

5Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:16They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

1 Chronicles 22:16of the gold, the silver, the bronze, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and may the LORD be with you.”

1 Chronicles 28:10Take heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

1 Chronicles 28:21Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house. Every willing man who has skill for any kind of service shall be with you in all kinds of work. Also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

Ezra 7:25You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:2-6

Ezra's Reformation. ( b. c. 456.) 1 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. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now… Read the whole commentary →

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