Ezra 9:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, ”

Ezra 9:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra's Confession. Ezra 9:5 . at the evening Oblation: therefore in the presence of the assembled worshippers. Ezra 9:7 . from the days of our fathers: i.e. from the times of the patriarchs...
Ezra 9:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

what shall we say... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Ezra 9:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, What shall we say after this? - Even in the midst of these beginnings of respite and mercy we have begun to pr...
Ezra 9:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra's Indignation at Intermarriages with the Heathen 1. The Canaanites, etc.] In the Law it was only with the various Canaanite nations that marriage was altogether forbidden ( Exodus 34:12-16 ;...
Ezra 9:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-15) Ezra’s prayer of confession and deprecation. (5) And at the evening sacrifice I arose up. — Until the afternoon Ezra had sat silent and in grief before the Temple, and in presence of the peo...
Ezra 9:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FOREIGN MARRIAGES Ezra 9:1-15 The successful issue of Ezra's undertaking was speedily followed by a bitter disappointment on the part of its leader, the experience of which urged him to make a...
Ezra 9:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Leader's Sorrows for His People's Sins Ezra 9:1-15 The mingling of the holy seed with heathen peoples was always the curse of Israel, and it has been the temptation of God's children in every...
Ezra 9:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

On Ezra's arrival at Jerusalem complaint was made to him of the failure and sin of the people. What an appalling story it was, that during these sixty years, even though there had been no return to h...
Ezra 9:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! what sweet and gracious signs of sorrow, and of real communion with God. The blushing, and dropping countenance, under the conscious sense of the divine presence, are among the truest tokens...
Ezra 9:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this ?.... What apology or excuse can be made for such ingratitude? what can be said in favour of such a people? what kindness can be expected to be shown...
Ezra 9:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, Ver. 10. And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? ] q.d. We have nothing to say for ourselves, w...
Ezra 9:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And now, what shall we say after this? What apology can we make for ourselves, after thou hast conferred such great and high favours upon us, and we have so grossly abused them?
Ezra 9:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HUMBLED BECAUSE OF MIXED MARRIAGES (vv. 1-4) If Ezra expected to engage in the pleasant work of the priesthood, it must have been a keen disappointment to find soon after his arrival that there...
Ezra 9:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the L ORD my God, 6 And said, O my...
Ezra 9:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What apology can we make for ourselves, after thou hast conferred such great and high favours upon us, and we have so grossly abused them?
Ezra 9:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra Deals With The Problem Of Returnees Who Have Been Led Astray Into Idolatry Having Taken Foreign Wives ( Ezra 9:1 to Ezra 10:44 ). It is important here to recognise that what was in question...
Ezra 9:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now come to the social and religious reformation effected by Ezra amongst the Jews who had previously returned to their own land (chaps. 9 and 10). And in this cha...
Ezra 9:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:2 . The holy seed have mingled with the people. The distinction of the Jews from the heathen was not by nature, but by grace. Their nobility lay in adherence to the covenant of God, and so...
Ezra 9:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

§ 2. REFORMATION OF RELIGION ACCOMPLISHED BY EZRA AT JERUSALEM . EXPOSITION IN the interval between Zerubbabel's rule and the coming of Ezra from Babylon with a special commiss...
Ezra 9:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra's Confession of the People's Sin
Ezra 9:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:4-16 ; Genesis 44:16 ; Joshua 7:8 ; Lamentations 3:22 ; Romans 3:19

Ezra 9:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 9:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 9:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 9:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 9:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 9:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge