Ezra 9:12

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
give	תִּתְּנ֣וּ ti.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
daughters	בְּֽנוֹתֵיכֶ֞ם be.no.tei.Khem	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
sons	לִבְנֵיהֶ֗ם liv.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
take	תִּשְׂא֣וּ tis.'U	H5375	to lift · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
daughters	וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ u.ve.no.tei.Hem	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sons	לִבְנֵיכֶ֔ם liv.nei.Khem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
seek	תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ tid.re.Shu	H1875	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
peace	שְׁלֹמָ֛ם she.lo.Mam	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
wealth	וְטוֹבָתָ֖ם ve.toa.Tam	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
for	עַד 'ad-	H5704	as far (or long · preposition
ever	עוֹלָ֑ם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
strong	תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ te.chez.Ku	H2388	to fasten upon · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
eat	וַאֲכַלְתֶּם֙ va.'a.khal.Tem	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
good	ט֣וּב tuv	H2898	good (as a noun) · noun, common masculine singular construct
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
inheritance	וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם ve.ho.rash.Tem	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
children	לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם liv.nei.Khem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
ever	עוֹלָֽם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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

Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Deuteronomy 23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Joshua 23:12-13 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages…
Exodus 34:15-16 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and on…
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
2 John 1:10-11 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
Genesis 18:18-19 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

What the meditations of Ezra's heart were, while for some hours he sat down astonished, we may guess by the words of his mouth when at length he spoke with his tongue; and a most pathetic address he here makes to Heaven upon this occasion. Observe, I. The time when he made this address - at the evening sacrifice, Ezr 9:5. Then (it is likely) devout people used to come into the courts of the temple, to grace the solemnity of the sacrifice and to offer up their own prayers to God in concurrence with it. In their hearing Ezra chose to make this confession, that they might be made duly sensible of the sins of their people, which hitherto they had either not taken notice of or had made light of.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

PRAYS TO GOD. (Ezr 9:5-15) I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure. God had begun to show returning favor to Israel by the restoration of some. But this only aggravated their sin, that, so soon after their re-establishment in their native land, they openly violated the express and repeated precepts which commanded them to extirpate the Canaanites. Such conduct, he exclaimed, could issue on…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:11

Have filled it from one end to another - The abominations have been like a sweeping mighty torrent, that has increased till it filled the whole land, and carried every thing before it.

John Gill on Ezra 9:12

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons,.... That is, in marriage, see Deuteronomy 7:3, where the prohibition is expressed in the same language: nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever; that is, as long as they continue in their idolatries and impurities, see Deuteronomy 23:6, that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever; that they might be strengthened and established in the land into which they were brought, and enjoy all the good things it produced, and leave their children in the possession of it, to hold at least until the Messiah came, see Isaiah 1:19.

Dictionary and topics

Confession — (1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Forbidden — Forbidden
Ammonites · Jews intermarry with — Jews intermarry with
Marriage · Expressed by: Giving daughters to sons, and sons to daughters — Expressed by: Giving daughters to sons, and sons to daughters
Repentance · Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion — Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion

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 9:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:11

John Gill on Ezra 9:12

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 9:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:11

John Gill on Ezra 9:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 9:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 9:11-12

Rashi on Ezra 9:12