Ezra 10:12

And all the assembly answer and say [with] a great voice, 'Right; according to thy word — on us to do;

Young's Literal Translation

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

11and, now, make confession to Jehovah, God of your fathers, and do His good pleasure, and be separated from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.'

13but the people [are] many, and [it is] the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work [is] not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.

Psalms 78:57And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful 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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