Ezra 9:10-13

10 “But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commands

11 you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: ‘The land you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices they have filled it with their impurity from one end to the other.

12 Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them at any time, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’

13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this.

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Ezra 9:10-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 9

Ezra being informed, by some of the princes who complained unto him, of the marriages of many of the Israelites with the people of the land, the Canaanites and others, was greatly grieved and distressed, Ezr 9:1-5, upon which he made a confession of their sins to God, with great shame, sorrow, and contrition, and deprecated the evils which they deserved, Ezr 9:6-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. Deuteronomy 11:8; Isaiah 1:19-20
2. Deuteronomy 4:5
3. S Leviticus 18:25-28
4. S Deuteronomy 9:4; S Deuteronomy 18:9; S 1 Kings 14:24
5. S Exodus 34:15; Deuteronomy 7:3; Deuteronomy 23:6
6. Deuteronomy 11:8
7. S Genesis 45:18
8. Psalms 103:17; Ezekiel 37:25; Joel 3:20
9. S Exodus 32:22
10. Job 11:6; Job 15:5; Job 22:5; Job 33:27; Psalms 103:10

Ezra 9:10-13

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Ezra 9:10-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 9

Cross References 10