Revised Version 1895
Ezra 10
1NowH3588whileH3588Ezraעֶזְרָא֙'ez.Ra'H5830prayedוּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤לu.khe.hit.pa.LelH6419, andmadeH6419confessionוּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹu.Khe.hit.va.do.ToH3034,weepingבֹּכֶה֙bo.KhehH1058and castinghimselfH6440downוּמִתְנַפֵּ֔לu.mit.na.PelH5307beforeH6440thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, there wasgatheredנִקְבְּצוּ֩nik.be.TzuH6908togetherH6908unto himoutH6440ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478averyמְאֹ֗דme.'OdH3966greatH3966congregationקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951ofmenH376andwomenוְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.ShimH802andchildrenוִֽילָדִ֔יםvi.la.DimH3206: for thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971weptבָכ֥וּva.KhuH1058veryH3966sore.
2AndShecaniahשְׁכַנְיָ֨הshe.khan.YahH7935thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehielיְחִיאֵ֜לye.chi.'ElH3171, one of thesonsמִבְּנֵ֤יmi.be.NeiH1121ofElamעֵילָם֙o.lamH5867,answeredH559andsaidH559untoEzraלְעֶזְרָ֔אle.'ez.Ra'H5830,Weאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙'a.Nach.nuH587have trespassedagainstעַל־'al-H5921ourGodבֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּve.lo.Hei.nuH430, and havemarriedH802strangewomenH802of thepeoplesמֵעַמֵּ֣יme.'a.MeiH5971of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: yetnowוְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.TahH6258there is hope forIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478concerning thisthingזֹֽאת׃ZotH2063.
3NowH6258thereforeletH6258usH6213makeH6213acovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285with ourGodלֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּLe.lo.hei.nuH430toputH3318awayH3318allH3605thewivesנָשִׁ֜יםna.ShimH802, andsuchH3605as arebornוְהַנּוֹלָ֤דve.ha.no.LadH3205of them, according to thecounselבַּעֲצַ֣תba.'a.TzatH6098of mylordH113, and ofthoseH3605that tremble at thecommandmentבְּמִצְוַ֣תbe.mitz.VatH4687of ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430; andletH6258it bedoneH6213according to thelawוְכַתּוֹרָ֖הve.kha.to.RahH8451.
5Thenaroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965Ezraעֶזְרָ֡א'ez.Ra'H5830, andmadeH6213thechiefsשָׂרֵי֩sa.ReiH8269of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֜םhal.vi.YimH3881, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toswearH7650that they woulddoH6213according to thiswordכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697.SoH6213they sware.
6ThenEzraעֶזְרָ֗א'ez.Ra'H5830roseH6965upH6965frombeforeמִלִּפְנֵי֙mi.lif.NeiH6440thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, andwentH6965intoH413thechamberלִשְׁכַּ֖תlish.KatH3957ofJehohananיְהוֹחָנָ֣ןye.ho.cha.NanH3076thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁ֑יב'el.ya.ShivH475: and when hecameH413thither, hedidH3808eatאָכַל֙'a.KhalH398noH3808breadלֶ֤חֶםLe.chemH3899,norH3808drinkשָׁתָ֔הsha.TahH8354waterוּמַ֣יִםu.Ma.yimH4325: for hemournedמִתְאַבֵּ֖לmit.'a.BelH56becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588of thetrespassמַ֥עַלMa.'alH4604of them of the captivity.
8and that whosoevercameיָב֜וֹאya.Vo'H935notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808withinH935threeלִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתlish.Lo.shetH7969daysהַיָּמִ֗יםhai.ya.MimH3117, according to thecounselכַּעֲצַ֤תka.'a.TzatH6098of theprincesהַשָּׂרִים֙ha.sa.RimH8269and theeldersוְהַזְּקֵנִ֔יםve.ha.ze.ke.NimH2205,allH3605his substance should be forfeited, andhimselfוְה֥וּאve.Hu'H1931separatedיִבָּדֵ֖לyi.ba.DelH914from thecongregationמִקְּהַ֥לmi.ke.HalH6951of the captivity.
9Thenallכָל־khol-H3605themenH376ofJudahיְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahH3063andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֨ן׀u.vin.ya.MinH1144gatheredH6908themselvesH5921togetherH6908untoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389withinH5921thethreeלִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתlish.Lo.shetH7969daysהַיָּמִ֗יםhai.ya.MimH3117; it was theninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֖יha.te.shi.'IH8671monthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320, on thetwentiethבְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםbe.'es.RimH6242dayH3117of themonthבַּחֹ֑דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320: andallכָל־khol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971satוַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in the broadplaceH1004beforeH5921thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,tremblingמַרְעִידִ֥יםmar.'i.DimH7460becauseH5921of thismatterהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697, and for thegreatH430rainוּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים׃ פu.me.ha.ge.sha.MimH1653.
11Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforemakeתְּנ֥וּte.NuH5414confessionתוֹדָ֛הto.DahH8426unto theLORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of yourfathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1, anddoוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213hispleasureרְצוֹנ֑וֹre.tzo.NoH7522: andseparateוְהִבָּֽדְלוּ֙ve.hi.ba.de.LuH914yourselves from thepeoplesמֵעַמֵּ֣יme.'a.MeiH5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and from the strangewomenהַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.ShimH802.
13But thepeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971aremanyרָב֙ravH7227, and it is a time ofmuchH7235rainגְּשָׁמִ֔יםge.sha.MimH1653, andweH3588arenotH3808able tostandלַעֲמ֣וֹדla.'a.ModH5975withoutH3808,neitherH3808is this aworkוְהַמְּלָאכָ֗הve.ha.me.la.KhahH4399of onedayלְי֤וֹםle.YomH3117ortwoלִשְׁנַ֔יִםlish.Na.yimH8147: forweH3588havegreatlyH7235transgressedלִפְשֹׁ֖עַlif.Sho.a'H6586in thismatterבַּדָּבָ֥רba.da.VarH1697.
14LetH4994nowH4994ourprincesשָׂ֠רֵינוּSa.rei.nuH8269beappointedH5975forallH3605thecongregationהַקָּהָ֞לha.ka.HalH6951, andletH4994allH3605them that are in ourcitiesH5892whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834havemarriedH802strangewomenH802comeיָבֹא֙ya.Vo'H935atappointedH5975timesלְעִתִּ֣יםle.'i.TimH6256, and with them theeldersזִקְנֵי־zik.nei-H2205ofeveryH3605cityH5892, and thejudgesוְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יהָve.sho.fe.Tei.haH8199thereof,untilעַ֠ד'adH5704thefierceחֲר֤וֹןcha.RonH2740wrathאַף־'af-H639of ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430beturnedלְהָשִׁ֞יבle.ha.ShivH7725fromusH4994,untilעַ֖ד'adH5704thismatterלַדָּבָ֥רla.da.VarH1697be despatched.
15Onlyאַ֣ךְ'akhH389Jonathanיוֹנָתָ֧ןyo.na.TanH3129thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAsahelעֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל'a.sa.h.'ElH6214andJahzeiahוְיַחְזְיָ֥הve.yach.ze.YahH3167thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofTikvahתִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahH8616stoodH5975upH5975againstעַל־'al-H5921this matter: andMeshullamוּמְשֻׁלָּ֛םu.me.shu.LamH4918andShabbethaiוְשַׁבְּתַ֥יve.sha.be.TaiH7678theLeviteהַלֵּוִ֖יha.le.ViH3881helpedעֲזָרֻֽם׃'a.za.RumH5826them.
16And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of the captivitydidוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵן֮khenH3651. AndEzraעֶזְרָ֨א'ez.Ra'H5830thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.HenH3548, withcertainH259headsרָאשֵׁ֧יra.SheiH7218offathers’הָאָב֛וֹתha.'a.VotH1housesלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004,afterH3117theirfathers’אֲבֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.TamH1housesH1004, andallוְכֻלָּ֣םve.khu.LamH3605of them by theirnamesבְּשֵׁמ֑וֹתbe.she.MotH8034, wereseparatedוַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩vai.yi.ba.de.LuH914; and theysatH3427downוַיֵּשְׁב֗וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in thefirstH259dayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117of thetenthהָעֲשִׂירִ֔יha.'a.si.RiH6224monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320to examine thematterהַדָּבָֽר׃ha.da.VarH1697.
18And among thesonsמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548there werefoundוַיִּמָּצֵא֙vai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672that hadmarriedH802strangewomenH802: namely, of thesonsמִבְּנֵ֨יmi.be.NeiH1121ofJeshuaיֵשׁ֤וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Jozadak, and hisbrethrenוְאֶחָ֔יוve.'e.ChavH251,Maaseiahמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641, andEliezerוֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֔זֶרve.'e.li.'E.zerH461, andJaribוְיָרִ֖יבve.ya.RivH3402, andGedaliahוּגְדַלְיָֽה׃u.ge.dal.YahH1436.
22And of thesonsוּמִבְּנֵ֖יu.mi.be.NeiH1121ofPashhurפַּשְׁח֑וּרpash.ChurH6583;Elioenaiאֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤י'el.yo.'ei.NaiH454,Maaseiahמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641,Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyish.ma.'ElH3458,Nethanelנְתַנְאֵ֔לne.tan.'ElH5417,Jozabadיוֹזָבָ֖דyo.za.VadH3107, andElasahוְאֶלְעָשָֽׂה׃ סve.'el.'a.SahH501.
23And of theLevitesהַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.YimH3881;Jozabadיוֹזָבָ֣דyo.za.VadH3107, andShimeiוְשִׁמְעִ֗יve.shim.'IH8096, andKelaiahוְקֵֽלָיָה֙ve.ke.la.YahH7041(thesameה֣וּאhu'H1931isKelitaקְלִיטָ֔אke.li.Ta'H7042),Pethahiahפְּתַֽחְיָ֥הpe.tach.YahH6611,Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, andEliezerוֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ סve.'e.li.'E.zerH461.
25And ofIsraelוּמִֽיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לu.mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: of thesonsמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121ofParoshפַרְעֹ֡שׁfar.'OshH6551;Ramiahרַ֠מְיָהRam.yahH7422, andIzziahוְיִזִּיָּ֤הve.yi.zi.YahH3150, andMalchijahוּמַלְכִּיָּה֙u.mal.ki.YahH4441, andMijaminוּמִיָּמִ֣ןu.mi.ya.MinH4326, andEleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֔רve.'el.'a.ZarH499, andMalchijahוּמַלְכִּיָּ֖הu.mal.ki.YahH4441, andBenaiahוּבְנָיָֽה׃ סu.ve.na.YahH1141.
30And of thesonsוּמִבְּנֵ֛יu.mi.be.NeiH1121ofPahath-moabH6355;Adnaעַדְנָ֣א'ad.Na'H5733, andChelalוּכְלָ֑לu.khe.LalH3636,Benaiahבְּנָיָ֤הbe.na.YahH1141,Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641,Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֣הma.tan.YahH4983,Bezalelבְצַלְאֵ֔לve.tzal.'ElH1212, andBinnuiוּבִנּ֖וּיu.vi.NuiH1131, andManassehוּמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ סu.me.na.ShehH4519.
Commentaries on Ezra 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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