Ezra 10:1

Now, when Ezra had prayed and when he had made confession, weeping and casting himself down, before the house of God, there gathered unto him out of Israel, an exceeding large convocation—men and women and children, for the people wept with a very bitter weeping.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then responded Shecaniah son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam, and said unto Ezra, We, have been faithful with our God, and have married foreign women from among the peoples of the land,—yet, now, there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:40Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me,

Joshua 7:6Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,—and they lifted up dust upon their heads.

Judges 2:4And it came to pass, when the messenger of Yahweh had spoken these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

1 Kings 9:3And Yahweh said unto him—I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, wherewith thou hast made supplication before me, I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my Name there unto times age-abiding,—and mine eyes and my heart shall be there, continually:

2 Chronicles 20:13And, all Judah, were standing before Yahweh,—also their little ones, their wives and their children.

Nehemiah 10:28And, the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters,—every one having knowledge and understanding,

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:1

In this chapter we have that grievance redressed which was complained of and lamented in the foregoing chapter. Observe, I. How the people's hearts were prepared for the redress of it by their deep humiliation for the sin, ver. 1 . II. How it was proposed to Ezra by Shechaniah, ver. 2-4 . III. How the proposal was put in execution. 1. The great men were sworn to stand to it, ver. 5 . 2. Ezra appeared first in it, ver. 6 . 3. A general assembly was called, ver. 7-9 . 4. They all, in compliance with Ezra's… Read the whole commentary →

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