Ezra 10 · Verse 1

Ezra 10:1

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Ezra 10:1, King James Version

Ezra 10:1 in other translations

BSBWhile Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
WEBNow while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
ASVNow while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
YLTAnd at Ezra's praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great--men and women and children--for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.
DARBYAnd while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.
BBENow while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.
WebsterNow when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

What does Ezra 10:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ezr 10:1-17. Ezra Reforms the Strange Marriages.

1. Now when Ezra had prayed--As this prayer was uttered in public, while there was a general concourse of the people at the time of the evening sacrifice and as it was accompanied with all the demonstrations of poignant sorrow and anguish, it is not surprising that the spectacle of a man so respected, a priest so holy, a governor so dignified as Ezra, appearing distressed and filled with fear at the sad state of things, should produce a deep sensation; and the report of his passionate grief and expressions in the court of the temple having rapidly spread through the city, a great multitude flocked to the spot.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The people are greatly afflicted by Ezra's prayer, Ezr 10:1. Shechaniah proposes that all who have taken strange wives should put them away, and the children they had by them; and make a covenant to serve God, Ezr 10:2-4. Ezra is encouraged; and make a proclamation to collect the people, to find who had transgressed, Ezr 10:5-8. They come together on the twentieth day of the ninth month, Ezr 10:9. Ezra exhorts them to put away their strange wives, Ezr 10:10. The people agree to it, and require time, Ezr 10:11-14. This being granted, the business is completed by the first of the first month, Ezr 10:15-17. Some of the priests had taken strange wives; their names, and the names of all who were in the same trespass, vv. 18-44. Verse 1 The people wept very sore - They were deeply affected at the thought of God's displeasure, which they justly feared was about to light upon them, because of their transgressions.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 10:1-5
Shechaniah owned the national guilt. The case is sad, but it is not desperate; the disease threatening, but not incurable. Now that the people begin to lament, a spirit of repentance seems to be poured out; now there is hope that God will forgive, and have mercy. The sin that rightly troubles us, shall not ruin us. In melancholy times we must observe what makes for us, as well as against us. And there may be good hopes through grace, even where there is the sense of great guilt before God. The case is plain; what has been done amiss, must be undone again as far as possible; nothing less than this is true repentance. Sin must be put away, with a resolution never to have any thing more to do with it. What has been unjustly got, must be restored. Arise, be of good courage. Weeping, in this case, is good, but reforming is better. As to being unequally yoked with unbelievers, such marriages, it is certain, are sinful, and ought not to be made; but now they are not null, as they were before the gospel did away the separation between Jews and Gentiles.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezra 10:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤לu.khe.hit.pa.Leland just as was prayingH6419
עֶזְרָא֙'ez.Ra'EzraH5830
וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹu.Khe.hit.va.do.Toand just as was confessing heH3034
בֹּכֶה֙bo.KhehweepingH1058
וּמִתְנַפֵּ֔לu.mit.na.Peland prostrating himselfH5307
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
נִקְבְּצוּ֩nik.be.Tzuthey gatheredH6908
אֵלָ֨יו'e.Lavto himH413
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֜לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478
קָהָ֣לka.Hala companyH6951
רַב\־rav-greatH7227
מְאֹ֗דme.'OdveryH3966
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים'a.na.ShimmenH582
וְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.Shimand womenH802
וִֽילָדִ֔יםvi.la.Dimand childrenH3206
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בָכ֥וּva.Khuthey weptH1058
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַרְבֵּה\־har.beh-greatH7235
בֶֽכֶה\׃\ \סVe.khehweepingH1059

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 10:1

  • Daniel 9:20

    And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

  • Psalms 119:136

    Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

  • Romans 9:2

    That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

  • 1 Kings 8:30

    And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  • 1 John 1:8-10

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • Nehemiah 8:9

    And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

  • Daniel 9:3-4

    And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

  • Luke 19:41

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

  • Zechariah 12:10

    And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

  • 1 Kings 9:3

    And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:9

    If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages.
6 Ezra assembles the people.
9 The people repent, and promise amendment.
15 The care to perform it.
18 The names of them which had married strange wives.

when Ezra.
Da 9:3,4,20; Ac 10:30
when he had.
Le 26:40,41; Ps 32:5; Ho 14:2; 1Jo 1:8-10
weeping.
Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1; 13:17; Zec 12:10; Lu 19:41; Ro 9:2
before the house.
1Ki 8:30; 9:3; 2Ch 20:9
a very great.
De 31:12; 2Ch 20:13; Ne 10:28; Joe 2:16-18; Ac 21:5
very sore. Heb. a great weeping.
Jud 2:4,5; Ne 8:9

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Context

  • Ezra 10:1

    Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

  • Ezra 10:2

    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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Ezra 10:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ORANDO Esdras y confesando, llorando y postrándose delante de la casa de Dios, juntóse á él una muy grande multitud de Israel, hombres y mujeres y niños; y lloraba el pueblo con gran llanto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et comme Esdras priait et faisait sa confession, pleurant et se prosternant devant la maison de Dieu, il se rassembla vers lui, d’Israël, une très grande congrégation d’hommes et de femmes et d’enfants, car le peuple pleurait beaucoup.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als Esra betete, und als er bekannte, weinend und vor dem Hause Gottes hingestreckt, versammelte sich zu ihm aus Israel eine sehr große Versammlung von Männern und Weibern und Kindern; denn das Volk weinte mit vielem Weinen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sic ergo orante Esdra, et implorante eo et flente, et jacente ante templum Dei, collectus est ad eum de Israël cœtus grandis nimis virorum et mulierum et puerorum, et flevit populus fletu multo.