Ezra 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. ”

Ezra 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Plucking out the hair with the hands, so common among the Classical nations, is, comparatively speaking, rarely mentioned as practiced by Asiatics.
Ezra 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down (c) astonied. (c) As one doubting whether God would continue his benef...
Ezra 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Report is Made to Ezra of the Marriages of Jews with the Heathen. Ezra's zeal in this matter resulted in his going beyond the requirements of the Law ( cf. Deuteronomy 23:7 ). Ezra 9:1 . the...
Ezra 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rent my garment, &c. These were signs of inward mourning. See Ezra 9:5 . Jos 7:6. 1 Samuel 4:12 ; 2 Samuel 1:2 . 2Sa 13:31. 2 Kings 18:37 ; Job 1:20 ; Matthew 26:65 . astonied: i.e. ca...
Ezra 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. I rent my garment and my mantle - The outer and inner garment...
Ezra 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. When I heard this ... I rent my garment and my mantle...
Ezra 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IX. (1) Now when these things were done. — The remainder of the book is occupied with the execution of Ezra’s function as a moral reformer. One chief disorder is mentioned, that of the mixed mar...
Ezra 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a finished picture hath the Holy Ghost here drawn of a saint of God; silent under the heavy affliction of soul, arising from indignation at the awful calamity. The rending the garment, and the p...
Ezra 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle ,.... Both inward and outward garments, that which was close to his body, and that which was thrown loose over it; and this he did in tok...
Ezra 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. Ver. 3. I rent my garment and my mantle ] In token of his...
Ezra 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle , &c. Both my inner and my upper garment. This was a token, not only of his very great grief and sorrow, but of his sense of God's disple...
Ezra 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Reformation. B. C. 456. 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me...
Ezra 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My garment and my mantle; both my inner and my upper garment. Plucked off the hair of my head, and of my beard, in testimony of my great grief and indignation; which was usual among all these eas...
Ezra 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Problem Of Foreign Wives Is Brought To Ezra's Attention ( Ezra 9:1-4 ). It is noteworthy that the problem in question was drawn to Ezra's attention by some of the ‘princes' of Israel. This sug...
Ezra 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Evil of Intermarriages Exposed
Ezra 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:37 ; 2 Kings 19:1 ; Daniel 4:19 ; Daniel 8:27 ; Ezekiel 3:15 ; Ezekiel 7:18 ; Isaiah 15:2 ; Jeremiah 36:24 ; Jeremiah 48:37 ; Jeremiah 48:38 ; Jeremiah 7:29 ; Job 1:20 ; Job 2...
Ezra 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I rent — Both mine inner and my upper garment.

Ezra 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes