Ezra 10:13

אֲבָל הָעָם רָב וְהָעֵת גְּשָׁמִים וְאֵין כֹּחַ לַעֲמוֹד בַּחוּץ וְהַמְּלָאכָה לֹֽא ־ לְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם כִּֽי ־ הִרְבִּינוּ לִפְשֹׁעַ בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12וַיַּֽעְנוּ כָֽל ־ הַקָּהָל וַיֹּאמְרוּ קוֹל גָּדוֹל כֵּן כדבריך עָלֵינוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃

14יַֽעֲמְדוּ ־ נָא שָׂרֵינוּ לְֽכָל ־ הַקָּהָל וְכֹל ׀ אֲשֶׁר בֶּעָרֵינוּ הַהֹשִׁיב נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת יָבֹא לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים וְעִמָּהֶם זִקְנֵי ־ עִיר וָעִיר וְשֹׁפְטֶיהָ עַד לְהָשִׁיב חֲרוֹן אַף ־ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה ׃ פ

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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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