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They too wept bitterly. <a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and lying face down on the ground in front of the Temple of God, a very large crowd of people from Israel—men, women, and children—gathered and wept bitterly with him. <a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. <a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. <a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a> Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. <a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a> Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly. <a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women, and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept greatly. <a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly. <a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women, and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly. <a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly. <a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now while Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and laying himself face down before the house of God, a very large group from Israel, of men, women, and children, gathered to him, for the people wept bitterly. <a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly. <a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly. <a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore. <a href="/cev/ezra/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> While Ezra was down on his knees in front of God's temple, praying with tears in his eyes and confessing the sins of the people of Israel, a large number of men, women, and children gathered around him and cried bitterly. <a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. <a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> While Ezra was praying, confessing [these sins], crying, and throwing himself down in front of God's temple, a large crowd of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. They also began to cry bitterly. <a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> While Ezra was bowing in prayer in front of the Temple, weeping and confessing these sins, a large group of Israelites--men, women, and children--gathered around him, weeping bitterly. <a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now while Ezra was praying and confessing in tears, having prostrated himself to the ground before the Temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelis—men, women, and children—gathered around him. Indeed, the people were crying bitterly. <a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites?men, women, and children?gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. <a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a> While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites--men, women, and children alike--gathered around him. The people wept loudly. <a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God's house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly. <a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly. <a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And at Ezra’s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly—men and women and children—for the people have wept, multiplying weeping. <a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And at Ezra's praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great -- men and women and children -- for the people have wept, multiplying weeping. <a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And as Ezra prayed, and as he confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there were gathered to him from Israel a very great convocation of men and women and children: for the people wept a great weeping.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching, and weeping, and lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Israel an exceeding great assembly of men and women and children, and the people wept with much lamentation. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, as Ezra was praying, and imploring, and weeping in this way, and was prostrate before the temple of God, an exceedingly great assembly of men and women and children was gathered to him from Israel. And the people wept with a great weeping. <a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a> While Ezra prayed and acknowledged their guilt, weeping and prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites gathered about him, men, women, and children; and the people wept profusely. <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; the people also wept bitterly.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, prostrating himself and weeping before the house of the LORD, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the children wept bitterly. <a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And when Azra prayed, and when he confessed, he was lying down and weeping before the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and a very great multitude from Israel were gathered to him, men and women and children, because the children were weeping very greatly.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore. <a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> So when Esdras had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and praying before the house of God, a very great assembly of Israel came together to him, men and women and youths; for the people wept, and wept aloud. <a href="/parallel/ezra/10-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sh6ec6iQe9M?start=2513" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Shecaniah's Encouragement</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/5830.htm" title="5830: ‘ez·rā (N-proper-ms) -- Help, three Isr. A variation of ezrah; Ezra, an Israelite.">While Ezra</a> <a href="/hebrew/6419.htm" title="6419: ū·ḵə·hiṯ·pal·lêl (Conj-w, Prep-k:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To intervene, interpose. A primitive root; to judge; by extension, to intercede, pray.">prayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3034.htm" title="3034: ū·ḵə·hiṯ·wad·dō·ṯō (Conj-w, Prep-k:: V-Hitpael-Inf:: 3ms) -- To throw, cast. ">and made this confession,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: bō·ḵeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">weeping</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: ū·miṯ·nap·pêl (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and falling facedown</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">a very</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: raḇ- (Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">large</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qā·hāl (N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: mî·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israelites—</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·nā·šîm (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3206.htm" title="3206: wî·lā·ḏîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Child, son, boy, youth. From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring.">and children—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6908.htm" title="6908: niq·bə·ṣū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To gather, collect. A primitive root; to grasp, i.e. Collect.">gathered</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">around him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: ḇā·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">wept bitterly</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: har·bêh- (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1059.htm" title="1059: ḇe·ḵeh (N-ms) -- A weeping. From bakah; a weeping."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">as well.</a> 2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1-3</a> On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God. <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-5</a> So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. / And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/1_samuel/7-6.htm">1 Samuel 7:6</a> When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. <a href="/2_kings/22-19.htm">2 Kings 22:19</a> because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD. <a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a> The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Jeremiah 3:21-25</a> A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God. / “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God. / Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God. ... <a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Lamentations 2:18-19</a> The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. / Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a> Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips. <a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a> Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. <a href="/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a> But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ <a href="/acts/2-37.htm">Acts 2:37-38</a> When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” / Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. <a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8-10</a> Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. / Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. / Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.when Ezra<a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3,4,20</a> And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: … <a href="/acts/10-30.htm">Acts 10:30</a> And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,when he had<a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40,41</a> If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; … <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a> I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.<a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a> Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.weeping<a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Psalm 119:136</a> Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.<a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a> Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!<a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a> But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.before the house<a href="/1_kings/8-30.htm">1 Kings 8:30</a> And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.<a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a> And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9</a> If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.a very great<a href="/deuteronomy/31-12.htm">Deuteronomy 31:12</a> Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:<a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">2 Chronicles 20:13</a> And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.<a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Nehemiah 10:28</a> And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;very sore.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-37.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/ezra/9-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm">Confession</a> <a href="/ezra/2-64.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/ezra/7-25.htm">Ezra</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezra/9-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/9-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezra/9-6.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezra/3-13.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/ezra/3-12.htm">Wept</a> <a href="/ezra/2-65.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-16.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/job/6-21.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/ezra/10-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Confessed</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Confession</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/ezra/10-2.htm">Ezra</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/10-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-2.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Together</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Wept</a> <a href="/ezra/10-2.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Ezra 10</div>1. <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages</a> 6. <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra assembles the people</a> 9. <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">The people repent, and promise amendment</a> 15. <a href="/ezra/10-15.htm">The care to perform it</a> 18. <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">The names of them which had married strange wives</a> </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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His prayer and confession were acts of intercession, reflecting the biblical principle of leaders standing in the gap for their people (<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>). Ezra's actions demonstrate the importance of acknowledging sin and seeking God's forgiveness, a theme echoed throughout Scripture (1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>).weeping and falling facedown before the house of God Ezra's physical posture of weeping and prostration signifies deep humility and repentance. This act of falling facedown is a common biblical expression of worship and submission to God (<a href="/genesis/17-3.htm">Genesis 17:3</a>, <a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>). The house of God refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the center of Jewish worship and a symbol of God's presence among His people. Ezra's actions here are reminiscent of other biblical figures who showed deep contrition, such as Daniel (<a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-19</a>).a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him The gathering of a large assembly indicates the communal nature of repentance and the seriousness of the situation. It reflects the biblical principle that sin affects the entire community, not just individuals (Joshua 7). The inclusion of men, women, and children highlights the collective responsibility and the need for the whole community to turn back to God. This gathering is similar to other instances in Scripture where the people of Israel come together for national repentance and renewal (<a href="/nehemiah/8.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-12</a>).and the people wept bitterly as well The people's bitter weeping signifies genuine sorrow for their sins and a desire for reconciliation with God. This collective mourning is a sign of true repentance, which is often accompanied by emotional expressions of regret and a commitment to change (<a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a>). The communal weeping also underscores the gravity of their transgressions and the impact of sin on their relationship with God. This scene is reminiscent of other moments in biblical history where the people of Israel express deep remorse and seek God's mercy (<a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezra.htm">Ezra</a> A scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem. He was instrumental in re-establishing the Law of Moses among the people. 2. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_god.htm">House of God</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites and a symbol of God's presence among His people. 3. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The covenant people of God, who had returned from Babylonian exile and were now facing the challenge of re-establishing their identity and faithfulness to God's laws. 4. <a href="/topical/c/confession_and_weeping.htm">Confession and Weeping</a> Ezra's public act of repentance and intercession for the sins of the people, demonstrating deep sorrow and humility before God. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assembly_of_men,_women,_and_children.htm">Assembly of Men, Women, and Children</a> Indicates the communal nature of the repentance, showing that the entire community was involved and affected by the sin and the need for restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession_and_prayer.htm">The Power of Confession and Prayer</a> Ezra's example shows the importance of confessing sins openly and seeking God's mercy through prayer. Personal and communal repentance can lead to spiritual renewal. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_repentance.htm">Leadership in Repentance</a> As a leader, Ezra took the initiative in repentance, setting an example for others to follow. Spiritual leaders today are called to lead by example in humility and devotion. <a href="/topical/c/community_involvement_in_spiritual_matters.htm">Community Involvement in Spiritual Matters</a> The gathering of the entire community highlights the importance of collective responsibility and action in addressing sin and seeking God's forgiveness. <a href="/topical/e/emotional_engagement_in_worship.htm">Emotional Engagement in Worship</a> The weeping and mourning of the people demonstrate that true repentance involves the heart and emotions, not just intellectual assent. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_through_humility.htm">Restoration through Humility</a> Humbling oneself before God is a crucial step in the process of restoration and healing, both individually and corporately.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezra_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezra 10</a> <a href="/q/why_does_daniel_10_1_say_'third_year'.htm">How can Daniel 10:1 reference the 'third year of Cyrus' if other passages suggest a different timeline for Cyrus's reign?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_endorse_breaking_families.htm">Ezra 10:3 - Why does God seemingly endorse the breaking up of families by demanding the men send away their foreign wives and children?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_god_direct_cruel_rulers'_hearts.htm">Proverbs 21:1: How can a king's heart be completely directed by God if history is full of cruel rulers who appear to have acted against any divine morality?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_advise_peace_in_a_pagan_land.htm">In Jeremiah 29:4-7, how can God instruct his people to settle peacefully in a pagan land while other passages command separation from foreign nations?</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>X.(1-6) The covenant of repentance and amendment. Here the narrative assumes another form; and, in accordance with the solemnity of a great public transaction, Ezra adopts the third person.(1) Before the house of God.--Prostrating himself towards the Temple in the court, where all the people saw him and marked his distress.Wept very sore.--The evil penetrated domestic life, and the punishment, as was already foreseen by "the women bringing the children with them," brought special family distress.(2) Shechaniah.--The son of one of the transgressors (<a href="/ezra/10-2.htm" title="And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.">Ezra 10:2</a>), whose action as the representative of the people gives him an honourable memorial in Scripture.There is hope in Israel.--A noble sentiment for a reformer even at the worst of times.(3) Special covenants with God--general, as in <a href="/2_kings/23-3.htm" title="And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.">2Kings 23:3</a>, and in regard to particular offences, as here, and in <a href="/jeremiah/34-8.htm" title="This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;">Jeremiah 34:8</a>--were familiar in Jewish history. And at all times of critical sin or danger the voluntary intervention of individuals was held in honour. (Comp. <a href="/numbers/25-12.htm" title="Why say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:">Numbers 25:12</a> seq.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - When Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed. Rather, "As Ezra prayed, and as he confessed." (Vulg.: "Orante Esdra et implorante." LXX.: Ως προσηύξατο Ασδρας καὶ ὡς ἐξηγόρευσε Weeping and casting himself down. Ezra had knelt at first (<a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Ezra 9:5</a>); but as he proceeded, and felt more and more the heinousness of the people's transgression, he threw himself forward upon the ground, in the attitude of extremest humiliation. Before the house of God. So far as can be gathered from the context, Ezra was in the great court of the temple when the princes came to him with their information (<a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1</a>). He at once "sat down astonied" (ver. 8). So he remained until preparations began to be made for the evening sacrifice, when he arose, and took up a position directly in front of the altar and the holy place, towards which he proceeded to pray. Doubtless he had in his mind the words of Solomon, assented to by God (<a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a>), and pleaded by Jehoshaphat (<a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9</a>): "What prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands towards this place: then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do," etc. (<a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">1 Kings 8:38, 39</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>While Ezra עֶזְרָא֙ (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5830.htm">Strong's 5830: </a> Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites prayed וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (ū·ḵə·hiṯ·pal·lêl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6419.htm">Strong's 6419: </a> To judge, to intercede, pray and confessed, וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹ‪‬ (ū·ḵə·hiṯ·wad·dō·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan weeping בֹּכֶה֙ (bō·ḵeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> To weep, to bemoan and falling facedown וּמִתְנַפֵּ֔ל (ū·miṯ·nap·pêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of God, הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative a very מְאֹ֗ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily large רַב־ (raḇ-) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great assembly קָהָ֣ל (qā·hāl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation of Israelites— מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (mî·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc men, אֲנָשִׁ֤ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> Man, mankind women, וְנָשִׁים֙ (wə·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female and children— וִֽילָדִ֔ים (wî·lā·ḏîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3206.htm">Strong's 3206: </a> Something born, a lad, offspring gathered נִקְבְּצוּ֩ (niq·bə·ṣū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6908.htm">Strong's 6908: </a> To gather, collect around him, אֵלָ֨יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to and the people הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock wept bitterly בָכ֥וּ (ḇā·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> To weep, to bemoan as well. כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/10-1.htm">Ezra 10:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession (Ezr. 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