Ezra 10:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. ”

Ezra 10:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The People Swear to Put away their Foreign Wives. The narrative now proceeds in the third person. Ezra 10:2 . Shecaniah: a common name; not necessarily identical with the person of this name re...
Ezra 10:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the chief priests . the princes of the priests. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:14 . the Levites. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and the Levites".
Ezra 10:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the...
Ezra 10:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our...
Ezra 10:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Foreign Wives are Divorced 3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1-2 , which required a bill of divorcement.
Ezra 10:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

X. (1-6) The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transaction, Ezra adopts the third person. (1)...
Ezra 10:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH Ezra 10:1-44 EZRA'S narrative, written in the first person, ceases with his prayer, the conclusion of which brings us to the end of the ninth chapter of our Bo...
Ezra 10:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Putting Away Strange Marriages Ezra 10:1-19 The people seem to have been more impressed by Ezra's intense grief of soul than they could have been by his severest condemnation. Is not this the s...
Ezra 10:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The sincerity and passion of Ezra's vicarious repentance produced immediate results. The people had gathered about him through the long hours of the day, and it would seem that they became conscious...
Ezra 10:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who but must admire the holy zeal of Ezra? What a wonderful attempt it must have been? What a crucifixion of the flesh with its affections and lusts? Do, Reader, observe how the Lord seemed to answer...
Ezra 10:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then arose Ezra ,.... From the ground where he lay: and made the chief priests, and the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word : he took an oath of all that w...
Ezra 10:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. Ver. 5. Then arose Ezra ] According to the counsel of...
Ezra 10:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Arise, for this matter belongeth unto thee Who hast a perfect knowledge of the law, and full power from the king of Persia to see every thing done according to it; and who hast most skill to manage...
Ezra 10:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ACTION FOLLOWING PRAYER (vv. 1-17) Ezra expected an answer to his prayer, and God provided the answer immediately in moving a very huge number of men, women and children to gather together before...
Ezra 10:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Reformation. B. C. 456. 1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, we...
Ezra 10:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 10:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Shecaniah Confesses To Ezra The Guilt Of Those Who Have Taken Idolatrous Foreign Wives And Confirms Their Agreement To The Plan Put Forward By Ezra And Those Who Tremble At God's Word ( Ezra 10:1-5...
Ezra 10:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the account of—(i.) Shechaniah’s proposal to put away the strange wives ( Ezra 10:1-5 ). (ii.) Ezra’s fast because of the people’s sin ( Ezra...
Ezra 10:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 10:6 . When he came. It should read, till he came thither, as appears from chap. Ezra 9:4 , and at a late hour after the evening devotion. Ezra 10:9 . It was the ninth month, the depth...
Ezra 10:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now when Ezra had prayed. Prayer and confession The former chapter did set down the humiliation of Ezra; this demonstrates the fruit and effect that it produced. When the people saw that he was...
Ezra 10:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE , AND COVENANT SWORN TO , ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF SHECHANIAH ( Ezra 10:1-15 ). While Ezra was uttering his prayer aloud, upon his kne...
Ezra 10:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra's Reform Measures Adopted
Ezra 10:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 10:3 ; Matthew 26:63 ; Nehemiah 10:29 ; Nehemiah 13:25 ; Nehemiah 5:12 ; Proverbs 1:5 ; Proverbs 15:23 ; Proverbs 25:11 ; Proverbs 25:12 ; Proverbs 27:9 ; Proverbs 9:9

Ezra 10:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 10:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 10:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 10:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 10:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 10:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 10:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 10:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 10:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 10:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge