Ezra.10.9

Ezra 10:9

KJV

¶ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

The People’s Confession of Sin

Reconciliation with God

Cross References

1 Samuel 12:18

KJV

So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

Samuel’s Farewell Address

The King Confirmed

Ezra 9:4

KJV

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples

Ezra 10:3

KJV

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.

Shecaniah’s Encouragement

Reconciliation with God

Ezra 10:8

KJV

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

The People’s Confession of Sin

Reconciliation with God

Ezra 10:10

KJV

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.