Ezra 10:7

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
proclamation	וַיַּעֲבִ֨ירוּ vai.ya.'a.Vi.ru	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Judah	בִּיהוּדָ֣ה bi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם vi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
captivity	הַגּוֹלָ֔ה ha.go.Lah	H1473	exile · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
together	לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ le.hi.ka.Vetz	H6908	to grasp · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the pass…
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up th…

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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 10:5

Then Ezra . . . went into the chamber of Johanan--At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property.

Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:6

Johanan the son of Eliashib - Eliashib was high priest, and was succeeded in that office by his son Joiada, Neh 12:10. Probably Johanan here is the same as Jonathan in Nehemiah, who was the son of Joiada, and grandson of Eliashib. Some suppose that Johanan and Joiada were two names for the same person.

John Gill on Ezra 10:7

And they made proclamation,.... By the voice of an herald: throughout Judah and Jerusalem, unto all the children of the captivity; who were returned from it: that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; within a time after mentioned.

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 10:7-8

The resolution carried into execution. - Ezr 10:7, Ezr 10:8. A proclamation was sent forth throughout Judah and Jerusalem (קול העביר, comp. Ezr 1:1) to all the children of the captivity to assemble at Jerusalem under pain of the punishment, that whoever should not come within three days, all his substance should be forfeited and himself excluded from the congregation, according to the decision of the princes and elders, who, as the heads of the community, had taken the matter in hand, and made this announcement. The forfeiture of substance is not its destruction, as prescribed Deu 13:13-17 in the case of a city fallen into idolatry, but its appropriation to the benefit of the temple, after t…

The Church Fathers

And a voice was sent into Judah and Jerusalem, etc. While it is said that the sons of Judah and Benjamin gathered, it is clearly evident that those who were defiled by the marriage of foreign wives were from the first migration, which was from these tribes, and through Jesus and Zerubbabel, they were recalled to the house, as we have previously mentioned.
— Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

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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…
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
Divorce · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Ezra · 9; — 9;
Magistrates · Good — Exemplified: Samuel — Good — Exemplified: Samuel

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 10:7

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:6

John Gill on Ezra 10:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 10:7-8

The Church Fathers

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Ezra 10:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:6

John Gill on Ezra 10:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 10:7-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 10:5

Rashi on Ezra 10:7