Ezra 9:2-3

2 "For ¹they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that ²the holy race has ³intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness."

3 When I heard about this matter, I ⁴tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and ⁵sat down appalled.

Ezra 9:2-3 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. Deuteronomy 7:3; Ezra 10:2, 18
• 2. Exodus 22:31; Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Corinthians 6:14
• 3. Nehemiah 13:3
• 4. 2 Kings 18:37
• 5. Nehemiah 1:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "seed"