Ezra 9:2

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
taken	נָשְׂא֣וּ na.se.'U	H5375	to lift · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
daughters	מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם mi.be.no.tei.Hem	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sons	וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם ve.liv.nei.Hem	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
holy	הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ ha.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seed	זֶ֣רַע Ze.ra'	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct
mingled	וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ ve.hit.'a.re.Vu	H6148	to braid · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
people	בְּעַמֵּ֖י be.'a.Mei	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
lands	הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת ha.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
hand	וְיַ֧ד ve.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct
princes	הַשָּׂרִ֣ים ha.sa.Rim	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
rulers	וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים ve.ha.se.ga.Nim	H5461	a prefect of a province · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
chief	רִאשׁוֹנָֽה ri.sho.Nah	H7223	first · ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
trespass	בַּמַּ֥עַל ba.Ma.'al	H4604	treachery · preposition with the article + 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

Nehemiah 13:23-24 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Exodus 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after thei…
Ezra 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken s…
Ezra 10:18-44 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his b…
Deuteronomy 7:1-4 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hitti…
Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people t…
Exodus 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:1-4

Ezra, like Barnabas when he came to Jerusalem and saw the grace of God to his brethren there, no doubt was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord, Act 11:23. He saw nothing amiss (many corruptions lurk out of the view of the most vigilant rulers); but here is a damp upon his joys: information is brought him that many of the people, yea, and some of the rulers, had married wives out of heathen families, and joined themselves in affinity with strangers. Observe, I. What the sin was that they were guilty of: it was mingling with the people of those lands (Ezr 9:2), associating with them both in trade and in conversation, making themselves familiar w…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:2

Hath been chief in this trespass - They who are the first men have been the most capital offenders; so Virgil, Aen. ix. 783: - Unus homo, vestris, o cives, undique septus Aggeribus, tantas strages impune per urbem Ediderit? Juvenum primos tot miserit orco? "Shall one, and he enclosed within your walls, One rash imprisoned warrior, vanquish all? Calm you look on, and see the furious foe Plunge crowds of heroes to the shades below!" Pitt. The first of the Trojan youth were the chief, the most illustrious; so we say the first men of the kingdom for the nobles, etc.

John Gill on Ezra 9:2

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sorts,.... Some that were widowers not only took wives to themselves of the above nations, either when they were of Babylon, where many of these nations also were, or rather since their return; but they took for their sons also; yea, some that had wives took Heathenish ones to them, see Malachi 2:13, so that the holy seed; such as the Lord had separated from other nations, chosen them to be an holy people above all others, and devoted them to his service and worship: have mingled themselves with the people of those lands; before mentioned, by marrying with them: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in…

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Dictionary and topics

Governor — (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of…
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Are defiling — Are defiling
Ammonites, The · The Jews reprobated for intermarrying with — The Jews reprobated for intermarrying with
Amorites · Intermarry with Jews — Intermarry with Jews
Amorites, The · The Jews after the captivity condemned for intermarrying with — The Jews after the captivity condemned for intermarrying with
Canaanites · The exile Jews take wives from — The exile Jews take wives from
Children · Of God’s people, holy — Of God’s people, holy
Jebusites · Not exterminated, but they intermarry with the Israelites — Not exterminated, but they intermarry with the Israelites
Moabites · 11:1; — 11:1;
Perizzites · Not all — Not all

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 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:1-4

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:2

John Gill on Ezra 9:2

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:1-4

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:2

John Gill on Ezra 9:2

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 9:1-2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 9:1–end

Rashi on Ezra 9:2