Ezra 10:12

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
congregation	הַקָּהָ֛ל ha.ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
answered	וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ vai.ya'.Nu	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
said	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
loud	גָּד֑וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
voice	ק֣וֹל Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ ke.div.rei.kha	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
do	לַעֲשֽׂוֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezra 10:3-4 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lo…
Nehemiah 13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Psalms 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Psalms 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:6-14

We have here an account of the proceedings upon the resolutions lately taken up concerning the strange wives; no time was lost; they struck when the iron was hot, and soon set the wheels of reformation a-going. 1. Ezra went to the council-chamber where, it is probable, the priests used to meet upon public business; and till he came thither (so bishop Patrick thinks it should be read), till he saw something done, and more likely to be done, for the redress of this grievance, he did neither eat nor drink, but continued mourning. Sorrow for sin should be abiding sorrow; be sure to let it continue till the sin be put away. 2. He sent orders to all the children of the captivity to attend him at J…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:10

Ezra the priest stood up, and said--Having fully represented the enormity of their sin and urged them to dissolve their unlawful connections, he was gratified by receiving a prompt acknowledgment of the justice of his reproof and a promise of compliance with his recommendation. But as the weather was ungenial and the defaulters were too numerous to be passed in review at one time, it was resolved that a commission should be appointed to examine into the whole matter. These commissioners, assisted by the judges and elders of the respective cities, made a minute investigation into every case, and after three months' labor completely removed all traces of the abuse. Doubtless, an adequate provi…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:12

As thou hast said, so must we do - They all resolved to do what Ezra then commanded, they did put away their wives, even those by whom they had children; Ezr 10:44 : this was a great hardship on the women and children. Though by the Jewish laws such marriages were null and void, yet as the women they had taken did not know these laws, their case was deplorable. However, we may take it for granted that each of them received a portion according to the circumstances of their husbands, and that they and their children were not turned away desolate, but had such a provision as their necessities required. Humanity must have dictated this, and no law of God is contrary to humanity. After all, there…

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Divorce — The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law…
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken — Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken
Ammonites · Jews intermarry with — Jews intermarry with
Divorce · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Ezra · 9; — 9;
Sherebiah · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 10:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:10

Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:12

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 10:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:10

Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:12

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezra 10:12

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 10:12-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 10:9

Rashi on Ezra 10:11