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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezra/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this course of action, and they were supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this <i>matter</i>: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />However, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood against this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helping them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezra/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were the only ones who objected, except for the two Levites, Meshullam and Shabbethai. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(Only Jonathan, Asahel's son, and Jahzeiah, Tikvah's son, opposed this. Meshullam and Shabbethai, the Levite, supported Jonathan and Jahzeiah.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No one was opposed to the plan except Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, who had the support of Meshullam and of Shabbethai, a Levite. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Only Asahel's son Jonathan and Tikvah's son Jahzeiah opposed this, and they were supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the descendant of Levi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were against this, assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Only Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahaziah, son of Tikvah, stood upon this: and Meshullam and Sabbethai the Levite helped them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were appointed over this, and the Levites Meshullam and Shabbethai assisted them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan, son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, son of Tikvah, were against this proposal, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levites supported them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Emmanuel and Nehaziah the son of Tikyah were opposed to this matter; and Matai the Levite supported them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However, Jonathan, son of Ammanuyel, and Nekhezyah, son of Taqwa, and Mashlam stood up against this matter, and Mattai the Levite supported them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Only Jonathan the son of Asael, and Jazias the son of Thecoe <i>were</i> with me concerning this; and Mesollam, and Sabbathai the Levite helped them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezra/10-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=2699" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">The People's Confession of Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.” <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">(Only</a> <a href="/hebrew/3129.htm" title="3129: yō·w·nā·ṯān (N-proper-ms) -- Jonathan. A form of Yhownathan; Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites.">Jonathan</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/6214.htm" title="6214: ‘ă·śā·h·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- God has made, four Isr. From asah and 'el; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites.">of Asahel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3167.htm" title="3167: wə·yaḥ·zə·yāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Yah sees, an Isr. From chazah and Yahh; Jah will behold; Jachzejah, an Israelite.">and Jahzeiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/8616.htm" title="8616: tiq·wāh (N-proper-ms) -- Hope, two Isr. The same as tiqvah; Tikvah, the name of two Israelites.">of Tikvah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5826.htm" title="5826: ‘ă·zā·rum (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 3mp) -- To help, succor. A primitive root; to surround, i.e. Protect or aid.">supported</a> <a href="/hebrew/4918.htm" title="4918: ū·mə·šul·lām (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The name of a number of Isr. From shalam; allied; Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites.">by Meshullam</a> <a href="/hebrew/7678.htm" title="7678: wə·šab·bə·ṯay (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A Levite. From shabbath; restful; Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites.">and Shabbethai</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·lê·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levite,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·mə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">opposed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this plan.)</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a></span><br />In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a></span><br />Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11-12</a></span><br />Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. / As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2</a></span><br />Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a></span><br />Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-9.htm">1 Corinthians 5:9-13</a></span><br />I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a></span><br />Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Nehemiah 10:28-30</a></span><br />“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand, / hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. / We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25</a></span><br />(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33-34</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-2.htm">2 Chronicles 19:2</a></span><br />Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-12.htm">1 Corinthians 7:12-14</a></span><br />To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. / And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. / For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a></span><br />For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.</p><p class="hdg">were employed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/3-6.htm">Nehemiah 3:6</a></b></br> Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/10-20.htm">Nehemiah 10:20</a></b></br> Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/12-33.htm">Nehemiah 12:33</a></b></br> And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,</p><p class="hdg">Shabbethai</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/11-16.htm">Nehemiah 11:16</a></b></br> And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, <i>had</i> the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/31-13.htm">Asahel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-8.htm">As'ahel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">Employed</a> <a href="/ezra/5-2.htm">Helped</a> <a href="/ezra/8-6.htm">Jonathan</a> <a href="/ezra/8-33.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/ezra/10-14.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/ezra/8-16.htm">Meshullam</a> <a href="/ezra/10-29.htm">Meshul'lum</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">Opposed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-16.htm">Shabbethai</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-16.htm">Shab'bethai</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/ezra/8-36.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/ezra/5-2.htm">Supporting</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm">Tikvah</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/2-18.htm">Asahel</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-18.htm">As'ahel</a> <a href="/hosea/2-8.htm">Employed</a> <a href="/esther/9-3.htm">Helped</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-11.htm">Jonathan</a> <a href="/luke/10-32.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/ezra/10-16.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/ezra/10-29.htm">Meshullam</a> <a href="/ezra/10-29.htm">Meshul'lum</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Opposed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Shabbethai</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-16.htm">Shab'bethai</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-18.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Supporting</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm">Tikvah</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra assembles the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">The people repent, and promise amendment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">The care to perform it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">The names of them which had married strange wives</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This highlights the presence of differing opinions within the community, even among those who are part of the returned exiles. The mention of their fathers' names suggests a lineage that may have been known to the community, indicating their standing or influence. This opposition can be seen as a reminder of the challenges faced in achieving unity and obedience to God's law, reflecting the broader theme of Israel's struggle with faithfulness throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite</b><br>Meshullam and Shabbethai, with Shabbethai being identified as a Levite, add weight to the opposition due to their roles or status. Levites held religious responsibilities, and their involvement suggests that the debate over the plan was not just a civil matter but also had religious implications. This reflects the ongoing tension between maintaining purity of worship and the practical realities of life in a diverse society. The Levites' involvement underscores the importance of religious leadership in guiding the community's decisions, a theme seen throughout the history of Israel.<p><b>opposed this plan</b><br>The plan in question was to send away foreign wives and their children to preserve the religious and cultural identity of the Israelites. This opposition highlights the complexity of applying the law in real-life situations, where personal relationships and community cohesion are at stake. The resistance to the plan can be seen as a foreshadowing of the New Testament's emphasis on grace and inclusion, as seen in the ministry of Jesus Christ, who reached out to Samaritans and Gentiles. This tension between law and grace is a recurring theme in Scripture, pointing to the ultimate reconciliation found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonathan_son_of_asahel.htm">Jonathan son of Asahel</a></b><br>One of the individuals who opposed the plan to send away foreign wives, indicating a dissenting voice in the community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jahzeiah_son_of_tikvah.htm">Jahzeiah son of Tikvah</a></b><br>Another individual who opposed the plan, standing alongside Jonathan in resistance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/meshullam.htm">Meshullam</a></b><br>A supporter of Jonathan and Jahzeiah, possibly indicating a faction or group within the community that had reservations about the proposed action.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shabbethai_the_levite.htm">Shabbethai the Levite</a></b><br>A Levite who supported the opposition, highlighting that even among the religious leaders, there was not unanimous agreement.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event.htm">The Event</a></b><br>The context is the reform led by Ezra to address the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, which was seen as a violation of the covenant with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_unity_in_community_decisions.htm">The Importance of Unity in Community Decisions</a></b><br>The opposition by Jonathan and Jahzeiah shows that not all decisions are met with unanimous agreement. It is crucial to seek unity and understanding within the community of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_addressing_sin.htm">The Role of Leadership in Addressing Sin</a></b><br>Ezra's leadership in addressing the issue of intermarriage highlights the responsibility of leaders to confront sin and guide the community back to faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_challenge_of_cultural_influence.htm">The Challenge of Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The intermarriages represented a significant cultural influence that threatened the purity of worship. Believers today must be vigilant about cultural influences that can lead them away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_repentance_and_reform.htm">The Necessity of Repentance and Reform</a></b><br>The events in <a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Ezra 10</a> emphasize the need for genuine repentance and reform when sin is identified. This is a call for believers to continually examine their lives and make necessary changes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respecting_diverse_opinions.htm">Respecting Diverse Opinions</a></b><br>The presence of opposition reminds us that within the body of Christ, there will be diverse opinions. It is important to engage with these respectfully and seek God's wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezra_10_15__why_few_oppose_this_action.htm">Ezra 10:15 – Why are only a few individuals mentioned as opposing this course of action, despite its obvious moral and social implications? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sinning_against_your_own_body.htm">Will there be a major revival during the end times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_king_saul_die_in_the_bible.htm">How did King Saul die according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezra.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Ezra?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Only Jonathan... and Jaha-ziah... were employed about this matter.</span> If this were the true meaning of the passage it would contradict the next verse, by which it appears that Ezra himself, together with several "chiefs of the fathers" - probably identical with the "rulers and elders" of ver. 14 - took the matter in hand, and were occupied with it for three months. The true meaning of the clause, however, is almost certainly that which was assumed in the preceding paragraph: "Only Jonathan and Jahaziah <span class="accented">stood up against</span> this matter," or "<span class="accented">opposed"</span> it (see <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">1 Chronicles 21:1</a>; <a href="/daniel/8-25.htm">Daniel 8:25</a>; <a href="/daniel/11-14.htm">Daniel 11:14</a>, where the same expression has the sense of "oppose, resist"). <span class="cmt_word">Meshullam</span> <span class="cmt_word">and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.</span> The "Meshullam" intended is perhaps the person of the name mentioned in ver. 29 as having married an idolatrous wife. The others seem not to have had any personal interest in thwarting Ezra and preventing the reform. SETTLEMENT OF THE WHOLE MATTER BY THE REPUDIATION OF THE STRANGE WIVES (vers. 16, 17). The opposition made did not delay the business more than a few days. The great assembly had been held on the twentieth day of the ninth month. On the first day of the tenth month, little more than a week later, the commission for examining into the matter met under the presidency of Ezra, and commenced proceedings. The method of proceeding suggested at the great meeting was no doubt followed. The case of each city was taken separately. Its male inhabitants of full age attended, and its "elders" and "judges" sat on the commission as assessors while the conjugal position of their townsfolk was being investigated. Where a "mixed marriage" was proved the wife was repudiated. In 112 cases the necessity of repudiation was made out to the satisfaction of the commission, and this number of wives was put away. Probably the entire number of cases adjudicated upon was very much greater, since the commission continued at work for three months, and probably sat on seventy-five different days, judging (we may presume) three or four cases a day. On the whole, the small extent to which the evil had prevailed is remarkable; for 112 mixed marriages in a population where the adult males were about 40,000 would give only one such marriage to three hundred or three hundred and fifty legitimate ones. Nevertheless, evils in a community are not to be judged simply by their prevalence. Great evils must be checked at once, even though they have not extended far, lest, if they spread at all widely, they become irremediable. Ezra is to be commended for having perceived the greatness of the peril, and for having taken prompt and decided measures to check it, without waiting till it had got to a head, and so become uncontrollable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">(Only</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jonathan</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹנָתָ֧ן</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nā·ṯān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3129.htm">Strong's 3129: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonathan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Asahel</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śā·h·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6214.htm">Strong's 6214: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asahel -- 'God has made', four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Jahzeiah</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yaḥ·zə·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3167.htm">Strong's 3167: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jahzeiah -- 'Yah sees', an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Tikvah,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקְוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8616.htm">Strong's 8616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tikvah -- 'hope', two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">supported</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲזָרֻֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·zā·rum)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5826.htm">Strong's 5826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To surround, protect, aid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by Meshullam</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·šul·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4918.htm">Strong's 4918: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meshullam -- the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Shabbethai</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šab·bə·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7678.htm">Strong's 7678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shabbethai -- a Levite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Levite,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלֵּוִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lê·wî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> </span><span class="str2">Levites -- descendant of Levi</span><br /><br /><span class="word">opposed</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמְד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this [plan].)</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֑את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezra/10-15.htm">Ezra 10:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel (Ezr. 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