Now therefore make confession to the Lord God of your fathers,.... Of their sin, and express their detestation of it, and repentance for it:and do his pleasure; obey his will, and particularly in this case:and separate yourselves from the people of the land; the Canaanites, &c.
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Ezra 10:11
Ezra 10:11
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Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have that grievance redressed which was complained
of and lamented in the foregoing chapter. Observe, I. How the people's
hearts were prepared for the redress of it by their deep humiliation…Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 10:1, Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages; Ezra 10:6, Ezra assembles the people; Ezra 10:9, The people repent, and promise amendment; Ezra 10:15, The care to perform it; Ezra 10:18, The names of them…Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleUpon Ezra's prayer and confession, it was proposed by Shechaniah, that those who had married strange wives should put them away with their children, which they swore to do, Ezr 10:1, and proclamation was made throughout…Ezra 10:6-14Ezra 10:6-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the proceedings upon the resolutions lately
taken up concerning the strange wives; no time was lost; they struck
when the iron was hot, and soon set the wheels of reformation a-going.…Ezra 10:11Ezra 10:11 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgemake confession: Leviticus 26:40-42; Joshua 7:19; Psalms 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 3:13; 1 John 1:7-9
do his: Isaiah 1:16-18, Isaiah 56:4; Romans 12:2; Colossians 1:10; Hebrews 13:21
separate: Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah…