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While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/nlt/ezra/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles. <a href="/esv/ezra/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles. <a href="/bsb/ezra/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/ezra/10.htm">King James Bible</a> Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. <a href="/nkjv/ezra/10.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity. <a href="/nasb_/ezra/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/nasb/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/nasb77/ezra/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread, nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/lsb/ezra/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Ezra arose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. He went there, but he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/amp/ezra/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib [and spent the night there]. He did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the [former] exiles’ faithlessness. <a href="/csb/ezra/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/hcsb/ezra/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. <a href="/asv/ezra/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. <a href="/cev/ezra/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Ezra left God's temple and went to spend the night in the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He felt sorry because of what the people had done, and he did not eat or drink a thing. <a href="/erv/ezra/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. <a href="/gwt/ezra/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Ezra left the front of God's temple and went to the room of Jehohanan, son of Eliashib. Ezra didn't eat any food or drink any water while he was there. He was mourning because these former exiles had been so unfaithful. <a href="/gnt/ezra/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then he went from in front of the Temple into the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, and spent the night there grieving over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. He did not eat or drink anything. <a href="/isv/ezra/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> Ezra arose in front of the Temple of God to visit the apartment of Eliashib's son Jehohanan. While there, he neither ate nor drank because he was in mourning over the sins of those who had returned from exile. <a href="/msb/ezra/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/ezra/10.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles. <a href="/nheb/ezra/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then Ezra rose up from before God's house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity. <a href="/wbt/ezra/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. <a href="/web/ezra/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drank water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezra/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Ezra rises from before the house of God, and goes to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; indeed, he goes there, bread he has not eaten, and water he has not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the expulsion. <a href="/ylt/ezra/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal. <a href="/slt/ezra/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Ezra will rise up from before the house of God, and will go the chamber of Johanan son of Eliashib: and he will go there, he ate not bread and drank not water: for he was mourning for the transgression of the exiles.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezra/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and entered in thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water: for he mourned for the transgression of them that were come out of the captivity. <a href="/cpdv/ezra/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Ezra rose up before the house of God, and he went away to the chamber of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib, and he entered into it. He did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. For he was mourning the transgression of those who had arrived from the captivity. <a href="/nabre/ezra/10.htm">New American Bible</a> Then Ezra left his place before the house of God and entered the chamber of Johanan, son of Eliashib, where he spent the night neither eating food nor drinking water, for he was in mourning over the apostasy of the exiles. <a href="/nrsvce/ezra/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat bread or drink water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezra/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Ezra the scribe rose up from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Elisha; and he sat there, but he neither ate bread nor drank water; for he was sorrowful because of the transgression of the people. <a href="/hpbt/ezra/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Azra the Scribe stood before the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and he went on to the chamber of Yokhanan, son of Elisha, and he sat down there. He did not eat bread, and he did not drink water, because he had grief for the evil of the people.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezra/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity. <a href="/sep/ezra/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the treasury of Joanan the son of Elisub; he even went thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water; for he mourned over the unfaithfulness of them of the captivity. <a href="/parallel/ezra/10-6.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=2581" 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">The People's Confession of Sin</a> 6<a href="/hebrew/5830.htm" title="5830: ‘ez·rā (N-proper-ms) -- Help, three Isr. A variation of ezrah; Ezra, an Israelite.">Then Ezra</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">withdrew</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lip̄·nê (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">from 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/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3957.htm" title="3957: liš·kaṯ (N-fsc) -- Room, chamber, hall, cell. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building.">the chamber</a> <a href="/hebrew/3076.htm" title="3076: yə·hō·w·ḥā·nān (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and chanan; Jehovah-favored; Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites.">of Jehohanan</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/475.htm" title="475: ’el·yā·šîḇ (N-proper-ms) -- God restores, the name of several Isr. From 'el and shuwb; God will restore; Eljashib, the name of six Israelites.">of Eliashib.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">And while he stayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">he ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">food</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: šā·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drank</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ū·ma·yim (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: miṯ·’ab·bêl (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">he was mourning</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.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/4604.htm" title="4604: ma·‘al (N-msc) -- An unfaithful or treacherous act. From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin.">the unfaithfulness</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.">of the exiles.</a> 7And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.…<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/1-4.htm">Nehemiah 1:4</a> When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. <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="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">1 Samuel 1:9-10</a> So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. / In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16-17</a> David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground. / The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them. <a href="/psalms/69-10.htm">Psalm 69:10</a> I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. <a href="/psalms/102-4.htm">Psalm 102:4</a> My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. <a href="/jeremiah/36-6.htm">Jeremiah 36:6</a> so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities. <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="/matthew/6-16.htm">Matthew 6:16-18</a> When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. <a href="/matthew/26-36.htm">Matthew 26:36-39</a> Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” / He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” ... <a href="/mark/14-32.htm">Mark 14:32-35</a> Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” / He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.” ... <a href="/luke/5-16.htm">Luke 5:16</a> Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray. <a href="/luke/22-41.htm">Luke 22:41-44</a> And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed, / “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.” / Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him. ... <a href="/acts/9-9.htm">Acts 9:9</a> For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.the chamber<a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Nehemiah 13:5</a> And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.Johanan<a href="/nehemiah/3-1.htm">Nehemiah 3:1,20</a> Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel… <a href="/nehemiah/12-10.htm">Nehemiah 12:10,22</a> And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, … <a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Nehemiah 13:28</a> And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.he did eat<a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18</a> And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.<a href="/job/23-12.htm">Job 23:12</a> Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.<a href="/john/4-31.htm">John 4:31-34</a> In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat… he mourned<a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Ezra 9:4</a> Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.<a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:<a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3</a> And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/6-21.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezra/9-7.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/ezra/7-17.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ezra/9-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-12.htm">Eliashib</a> <a href="/ezra/10-5.htm">Ezra</a> <a href="/ezra/10-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-12.htm">Jehohanan</a> <a href="/ezra/8-12.htm">Johanan</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/ezra/10-5.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-30.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/5-17.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezra/10-7.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-30.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/esther/5-6.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-2.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezra/10-24.htm">Eliashib</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Ezra</a> <a href="/ezra/10-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/10-28.htm">Jehohanan</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-18.htm">Johanan</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-4.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-1.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-20.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/job/7-21.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/ezra/10-10.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-26.htm">Water</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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The "house of God" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites. Ezra's actions demonstrate a separation from public ministry to engage in private mourning and intercession. This withdrawal can be seen as a precursor to Jesus' own moments of solitude for prayer and reflection, as seen in the Gospels.and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. Jehohanan, son of Eliashib, is likely a priestly figure, as Eliashib is mentioned in Nehemiah as a high priest. The chamber could be a private room within the temple complex, indicating a place of seclusion. This setting underscores the seriousness of Ezra's actions, as he seeks a quiet place to process the spiritual crisis facing the community. The mention of specific individuals and locations adds historical credibility and situates the narrative within the broader priestly lineage.And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, Ezra's fasting is a traditional expression of mourning and repentance in Jewish culture. Fasting is often associated with seeking God's favor or intervention, as seen in other biblical accounts such as Esther's fast (<a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a>) and Jesus' fast in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). This act of self-denial highlights the gravity of the situation and Ezra's earnestness in seeking divine guidance.because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. The "unfaithfulness of the exiles" refers to the Israelites' intermarriage with foreign nations, which was against the Mosaic Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>). This unfaithfulness threatened the purity of the covenant community and their distinct identity as God's chosen people. Ezra's mourning reflects a deep concern for the spiritual well-being of the nation and aligns with the prophetic tradition of calling Israel back to covenant faithfulness. This theme of unfaithfulness and the call to repentance is echoed throughout the prophetic books and finds its ultimate resolution in the New Testament through the redemptive work of Christ.<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 deeply committed to the Law of God and played a crucial role in the spiritual reformation of the people. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jehohanan_son_of_eliashib.htm">Jehohanan son of Eliashib</a> Likely a priestly figure, as his chamber was within the temple complex. His chamber served as a place of solitude for Ezra during his time of mourning. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_god.htm">The House of God</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_exiles.htm">The Exiles</a> The Jewish people who had returned from Babylonian captivity. They were struggling with issues of faithfulness to God's commandments, particularly regarding intermarriage with foreign nations. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mourning.htm">Mourning</a> Ezra's response to the unfaithfulness of the exiles, expressed through fasting and abstaining from food and water, indicating deep sorrow and repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Leadership</a> Ezra's actions demonstrate the critical role of spiritual leaders in guiding and interceding for their communities. Leaders must be deeply rooted in God's Word and responsive to the spiritual state of their people. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_fasting_and_mourning.htm">The Power of Fasting and Mourning</a> Fasting and mourning are powerful expressions of repentance and dependence on God. They help believers focus on spiritual renewal and seek God's intervention in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_unfaithfulness.htm">Responding to Unfaithfulness</a> Ezra's response to the unfaithfulness of the exiles teaches us the importance of addressing sin within the community. It calls for a collective return to God's standards and a commitment to holiness. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_solitude_for_reflection.htm">Seeking Solitude for Reflection</a> Ezra's withdrawal to Jehohanan's chamber underscores the value of solitude for prayer and reflection. In times of distress, finding a quiet place to seek God can lead to spiritual clarity and strength.<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/are_nehemiah_10_1-27_names_accurate.htm">Is the extensive list of names in Nehemiah 10:1-27 historically consistent with known genealogical records, or are there discrepancies?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezra_6_3-4_temple_specs_conflict.htm">Do the specified Temple dimensions in Ezra 6:3-4 conflict with other biblical passages and known historical structures?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_of_ezra_6's_temple.htm">Is there any external historical evidence supporting the swift completion of the Temple described in Ezra 6:13-15?</a> <a href="/q/is_ecbatana's_royal_archive_reliable.htm">How reliable is the royal archive 'found at Ecbatana' (Ezra 6:1-2) when no clear archaeological record of such a discovery exists?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezra/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - The chamber of Johanan. On the temple chambers see comment on Ezra 8:29. Johanan appears by <a href="/nehemiah/12-22.htm">Nehemiah 12:22, 23</a>, compared with vers. 10-11, to have been really the grandson of Eliashib, who, as high priest, would have the right of assigning him a chamber in the temple (compare <a href="/nehemiah/13-4.htm">Nehemiah 13:4, 5</a>). I did eat no bread nor drink water. Strict fasts of this kind had been observed by Moses twice (<a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a>, and <a href="/deuteronomy/9-18.htm">Deuteronomy 9:18</a>), and by the Ninevites (<a href="/jonah/3-7.htm">Jonah 3:7</a>), but they were very uncommon. Usually it was considered enough to abstain from eating (<a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm">1 Samuel 1:7</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/20-34.htm">1 Samuel 20:34</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/3-35.htm">2 Samuel 3:35</a>). Sometimes the person who fasted merely abstained from "meat and wine, and pleasant bread (<a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Daniel 10:3</a>). Ezra's great earnestness appears in the severity of his fast, which (it is to be remembered) was not for his own sins, but for those of his brethren. PROCLAMATION MADE, SUMMONING ALL THE JEWS TO JERUSALEM (vers. 7- 9). After due deliberation between Ezra, the princes, and the elders (ver. 8), it was resolved, as a first step, to summon all Jews - or, rather, all those who had returned from the captivity, whether they were Jews or Israelites - to Jerusalem, in order that the decision come to with respect to the mixed marriages might be communicated to them. The limit of three days was fixed as the latest date at which any one might make his appearance, and absentees were threatened with the heavy penalties of excommunication and forfeiture of all their possessions. Proclamation having been made to this effect "throughout Judah" (ver. 7), there was a gathering of all the males of full age to Jerusalem within the prescribed time. The place of meeting was the great court of the temple (ver. 9). According to Hecataeus of Abdera (Fr. 14), this was "a stone-walled enclosure, about 500 feet long and 150 feet wide," which might perhaps afford sitting room for 20,000 men. Deducting the aged and infirm, the sick, and those between twelve and twenty years of age, the country Jews would scarcely have reached this number. <a href="/commentaries/ezra/10-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Ezra עֶזְרָ֗א (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5830.htm">Strong's 5830: </a> Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites withdrew וַיָּ֣קָם (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand from before מִלִּפְנֵי֙ (mil·lip̄·nê) Preposition-m, 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 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (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 and walked וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the chamber לִשְׁכַּ֖ת (liš·kaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3957.htm">Strong's 3957: </a> Room, chamber, hall, cell of Jehohanan יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן (yə·hō·w·ḥā·nān) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3076.htm">Strong's 3076: </a> Johanan -- 'the LORD has been gracious', the name of a number of Israelites son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Eliashib. אֶלְיָשִׁ֑יב (’el·yā·šîḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_475.htm">Strong's 475: </a> Eliashib -- 'God restores', the name of several Israelites And while he stayed וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk there, שָׁ֗ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither he ate אָכַל֙ (’ā·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no food לֶ֤חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain and drank שָׁתָ֔ה (šā·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no water, וּמַ֣יִם (ū·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction he was mourning מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל (miṯ·’ab·bêl) Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> To bewail over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the unfaithfulness מַ֥עַל (ma·‘al) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4604.htm">Strong's 4604: </a> An unfaithful or treacherous act of the exiles. הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ (hag·gō·w·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> Exile, exiles <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezra/10-6.htm">Ezra 10:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezra/10-6.htm">OT History: Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before (Ezr. 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