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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 />A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should come to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the descendants of the captivity, that they must gather at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they were to assemble at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should gather at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the [former] exiles, that they were to assemble at Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he sent a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the former exiles must gather in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A message was sent throughout Jerusalem and Judah that all those who had returned from exile were to meet in Jerusalem <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they sent word throughout Judah and Jerusalem to everyone who had returned from the exile, to gather together in Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the descendants of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the expulsion, to be gathered to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they caused a voice to pass through Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of the exile to gather, together at Jerusalem;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And proclamation was made in Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble together into Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And a voice was sent into Judah and Jerusalem, to all the sons of the transmigration, so that they would gather together in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather together in Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they read a proclamation in Yehuda and in Jerusalem for all the children of the captivity to be brought near to the city Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they made proclamation throughout Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, <i>saying</i>,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezra/10-7.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=2599" 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">6</span>Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">And a proclamation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: way·ya·‘ă·ḇî·rū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">was issued</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: bî·hū·ḏāh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">throughout Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: wî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">and Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵōl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">that all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the exiles</a> <a href="/hebrew/1473.htm" title="1473: hag·gō·w·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Exiles, exile. Or golah; active participle feminine of galah; exile; concretely and collectively exiles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: lə·hiq·qā·ḇêṣ (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">should gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">at Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.…<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/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="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm">2 Chronicles 30:5</a></span><br />So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Nehemiah 8:15</a></span><br />and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Nehemiah 13:3</a></span><br />As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24-26</a></span><br />But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples. / You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you. / You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.<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="/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="/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="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Deuteronomy 31:12-13</a></span><br />Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law. / Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-1.htm">2 Kings 23:1-3</a></span><br />Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-29.htm">2 Chronicles 34:29-32</a></span><br />Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-19.htm">Acts 15:19-20</a></span><br />It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God. / Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;</p><p class="hdg">they made</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1</a></b></br> Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and <i>put it</i> also in writing, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm">2 Chronicles 30:5</a></b></br> So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done <i>it</i> of a long <i>time in such sort</i> as it was written.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/5-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezra/10-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Exiles</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-28.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/7-13.htm">Issued</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Proclamation</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-29.htm">Public</a> <a href="/ezra/1-11.htm">Removal</a> <a href="/ezra/4-6.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezra/3-12.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezra/10-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Exiles</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-9.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/esther/1-19.htm">Issued</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-7.htm">Proclamation</a> <a href="/esther/1-20.htm">Public</a> <a href="/esther/2-6.htm">Removal</a> <a href="/esther/3-9.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/esther/1-20.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Voice</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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The use of "proclamation" suggests a formal and authoritative command, reflecting the seriousness of the situation. Historically, proclamations were often delivered by messengers or heralds who traveled to various towns and villages. The mention of "Judah and Jerusalem" highlights the geographical scope of the announcement, covering both the rural areas of Judah and the central city of Jerusalem, which was the religious and political heart of the Jewish people. This reflects the post-exilic period when the Jewish community was re-establishing itself in the land after the Babylonian captivity.<p><b>that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem</b><br>The call for "all the exiles" to gather underscores the inclusive nature of the assembly, inviting every member of the community who had returned from Babylonian exile. This gathering was crucial for addressing the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, which was seen as a threat to the religious purity and identity of the Jewish people. Jerusalem, being the spiritual center, was the appropriate place for such a significant assembly. The gathering at Jerusalem also echoes earlier biblical events, such as the assembly at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites received the Law. This connection emphasizes the covenantal renewal and the need for communal repentance and reform. The gathering can also be seen as a type of the future gathering of God's people, as prophesied in various scriptures, pointing to a time of restoration and unity under God's rule.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a></b><br>A scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon. He was instrumental in the spiritual and religious reform of the Jewish people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Jerusalem is located. It was the primary region where the returning exiles settled.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The holy city and spiritual center for the Jewish people. It was the focal point for the rebuilding efforts and religious reforms.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exiles.htm">The Exiles</a></b><br>The Jewish people who had been taken captive to Babylon and were now returning to their homeland. They were called to assemble in Jerusalem for a significant decision regarding their community.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/proclamation.htm">Proclamation</a></b><br>An official announcement made to gather the people for a critical assembly. This was a call to action for the exiles to address the issue of intermarriage with foreign women, which was against the Law of Moses.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_assembly.htm">The Importance of Community Assembly</a></b><br>Gathering as a community is vital for addressing spiritual issues and making collective decisions. It fosters unity and accountability among believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The call to assemble was rooted in a desire to return to obedience to God's Law. It reminds us of the importance of aligning our lives with biblical principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_spiritual_renewal.htm">Leadership in Spiritual Renewal</a></b><br>Ezra's leadership in calling the assembly demonstrates the role of spiritual leaders in guiding communities back to faithfulness. Leaders must be courageous and committed to God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_reform.htm">Repentance and Reform</a></b><br>The assembly was a step towards repentance and reform. It shows the necessity of acknowledging sin and taking concrete steps to rectify it in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_proclamation.htm">The Role of Proclamation</a></b><br>The use of a proclamation underscores the power of clear communication in mobilizing people for a cause. It highlights the need for decisive action in spiritual matters.<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_9__could_all_gather_in_3_days.htm">Ezra 10:9 – Is it historically plausible that the entire population gathered in Jerusalem within three days as the text suggests? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_judah_and_joseph's_restoration.htm">Zechariah 10:6: Where is the historical proof of the promised restoration of both Judah and Joseph on a massive scale?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_60_12_match_history.htm">How does Isaiah 60:12 align with historical events when it asserts nations refusing to serve Jerusalem will be utterly destroyed?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezra/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7-17) Conference of the people and commission to try individual cases.<p>(8) <span class= "bld">Forfeited.</span>--This, as also what precedes and what follows, again recalls the express commission of Ezra 7. But "according to the counsel" removes all appearance of arbitrariness on the part of Ezra.<p>(9) <span class= "bld">Within three days.</span>--From the time of hearing the summons. No town was more than forty miles distant; and of course only those would come that were able, and who came within the scope of the proclamation, the precise terms of which are not given. They were not more than could assemble "in the street," or open court of the Temple. The minute specifications of date, and the two reasons for the trembling of the people, and the whole strain of the narrative, bear witness to the veracity of an eye-witness.<p><span class= "bld">It was the ninth month.</span>--Chisleu, our December, the rainy month in Palestine.<p>(10) <span class= "bld">Ezra the priest.</span>--He stood up, not as the commissioner of Artaxerxes, not at this moment as the scribe, but as the representative of God.<p>(11) <span class= "bld">Do his pleasure.</span>--This procedure, humanly severe, is connected with the Divine will.<p><span class= "bld">From the people of the land, and from the strange wives.</span>--The marriages were but a subordinate branch, though a very important one, of the wider sin: that of confederacy with idolators.<p>(13) <span class= "bld">We are many.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">we have greatly offended in this thing.</span> The greatness of the offence of course implied the number of the offenders.<p>(14) <span class= "bld">Stand.</span>--As a representative body in session.<p><span class= "bld">Until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.</span>--A difficult verse, owing to a slight peculiarity in the original. The meaning seems to be: <span class= "ital">until the fierce wrath of our God</span>--<span class= "ital">fierce while this matter lasts</span>--<span class= "ital">be turned away from us.</span><p>(15) <span class= "bld">Were employed about.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">stood against.</span> Nothing is said as to the reason for opposition on the part of these and the two who abetted them. But the reason is obvious enough. Some modern expositors are of their mind, and regard the act of Ezra as remedying one sin by another still greater. They bring Malachi (<a href="/ezra/2-15.htm" title="The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.">Ezra 2:15</a>) to their support; but nothing in his prediction about "the wife of thy youth," rightly understood, tends to condemn the conduct here described. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They</span> <span class="cmt_word">made proclamation.</span> Literally, "they made to pass a voice" (<span class="greek">παρήνεγ καν φωνήν</span> - LXX.). They sent criers to make the matter known. <span class="cmt_word">To all the children of the captivity</span>. <span class="accented">i.e.</span> to all those who, having returned from the captivity, were now in the land. The expression is a favourite one with Ezra (see <a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1</a>; <a href="/ezra/4-1.htm">Ezra 4:1</a>; <a href="/ezra/6-16.htm">Ezra 6:16, 19</a>; <a href="/ezra/8-35.htm">Ezra 8:35</a>, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-7.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">And a proclamation</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֜וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was issued</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲבִ֨ירוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·ḇî·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">throughout Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּיהוּדָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(bî·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that all</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the exiles</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural 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">should gather</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hiq·qā·ḇêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather, collect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezra/10-7.htm">Ezra 10:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:7 They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem (Ezr. 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