Then rose up Ezra from before the house This seems to imply that he made them swear before he would rise up; and went into the chamber of Johanan That, with the princes and elders, he might consult about the execution of their resolution. And when he came thither The word when is not in the Hebrew: the clause, therefore, had better be translated, Till he came thither; that is, till he saw something done, he ate nothing.
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Ezra 10:6
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.