Ezra 9:11-12

11 which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and ¹with their impurity.

12 'So now do not ²give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and ³never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and ⁴leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever *.'

Ezra 9:11-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 6:21
• 2. Exodus 34:15, 16; Deuteronomy 7:3; Ezra 9:2
• 3. Deuteronomy 23:6
• 4. Proverbs 13:22