Ezra 10:11 KJV
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Thou and Ye
- your, yourselves more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- He assembles the peopleThere is hope concerning people, when they are convinced, not only that it is good to part with their sins, but that it is necessary; we must do it, or we...
Thompson Chains
- Pleasing GodSee the chain from Proverbs 16:7 · 5 links
- Separation (2)Link 9 of 10 · next Jeremiah 15:19
- Confession ofSee the chain from Numbers 21:7 · 1 link
- Confession of Sin (1)Link 4 of 9 · next Proverbs 28:13
Cross References
- Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
- Ezra 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Leviticus 26:40–42 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; …
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. …
- Ezra 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
- Nehemiah 13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
- Psalms 32:5 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.
- Isaiah 1:16–18 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …
- Isaiah 56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
- Jeremiah 3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12–14 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. …
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
- Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- 1 John 1:7–9 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. …
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Topics
- Ammonites Jews intermarry with Ammonites
- Backsliders Jews
- Church Rules of discipline in, mosaic and Christian
- Decision Israelites
- Divorce General scriptures concerning Divorce
- Ezra Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
- Fellowship With the wicked forbidden
- Government Legislates with Ezra in reforming certain marriages with the heathen
- Israel, prophecies concerning Corruptions among the returned captives; their reform
- Repentance Because of their idolatrous marriages
- Zeal, religious Ezra
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible459 BC · Ezra Comes to Jerusalem
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Now therefore make וְעַתָּה wĕʿattâ Adverb · with and תְּנוּ tĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
- confession תוֹדָה tôdâ תּוֹדָה Noun · feminine singular
- unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- God אֱלֹהֵי ʾĕlōhê אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct
- of your fathers אֲבֹתֵיכֶם ʾăbōtêkem אָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- and do וַעֲשׂוּ waʿăśû עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural · with and
- his pleasure רְצוֹנוֹ rĕṣônô רָצוֹן Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and separate וְהִבָּדְלוּ wĕhibbādĕlû בָּדַל Verb · niphal imperative, second person masculine plural · with and
- yourselves from the people מֵעַמֵּי mēʿammê עַם Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of the land הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- and from the strange הַנָּכְרִיּוֹת hannokriyyôt נׇכְרִי Adjective · feminine plural · with the
- wives וּמִן ûmin Preposition · with and הַנָּשִׁים hannāšîm אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine plural · with the
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