Focused Passage

Ezra 10:5-8

Covenant Repentance and the Costly Reform of the Community

Ezra’s public grief awakens communal confession, the people covenant to act, leaders organize an investigation, and the chapter ends with named offenders and costly reform under the weight of covenant unfaithfulness.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

7 And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

8 Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

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Verse 5

Cross-references

Nehemiah 13:25 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 5:12 Classic cross-references Exodus 18:24 Classic cross-references

Original words

So Ezra עֶזְרָ֡א H5830 Noun - proper - masculine singular got up וַיָּ֣קָם H6965 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular and made the leading שָׂרֵי֩ H8269 Noun - masculine plural construct priests הַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים H3548 Article | Noun - masculine plural Levites הַלְוִיִּ֜ם H3881 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural and all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל H3478 Noun - proper - feminine singular take an oath וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע H7650 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to do what had been said לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת H6213 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . כַּדָּבָ֥ר H1697 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . הַזֶּ֖ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular And they took the oath וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ H7650 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 6

Cross-references

Daniel 9:3 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 9:18 Classic cross-references Psalms 119:53 Classic cross-references Isaiah 58:5 Classic cross-references John 4:31 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then Ezra עֶזְרָ֗א H5830 Noun - proper - masculine singular withdrew וַיָּ֣קָם H6965 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular from before מִלִּפְנֵי֙ H6440 Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct the house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Article | Noun - masculine plural and walked וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the chamber לִשְׁכַּ֖ת H3957 Noun - feminine singular construct of Jehohanan יְהוֹחָנָ֣ן H3076 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Eliashib אֶלְיָשִׁ֑יב H475 Noun - proper - masculine singular And while he stayed וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular there שָׁ֗ם H8033 Adverb he ate אָכַל֙ H398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle food לֶ֤חֶם H3899 Noun - masculine singular and drank שָׁתָ֔ה H8354 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle water וּמַ֣יִם H4325 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction he was mourning מִתְאַבֵּ֖ל H56 Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the unfaithfulness מַ֥עַל H4604 Noun - masculine singular construct of the exiles הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ס H1473 Article | Noun - feminine singular

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Or went

Verse 7

Original words

And a proclamation ק֜וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular was issued וַיַּעֲבִ֨ירוּ H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural throughout Judah בִּיהוּדָ֣ה H3063 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular and Jerusalem וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗ם H3389 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular that all לְכֹל֙ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the exiles בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . הַגּוֹלָ֔ה H1473 Article | Noun - feminine singular should gather לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ H6908 Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct at Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 17:12 Classic cross-references Ezra 7:26 Classic cross-references

Original words

Whoever וְכֹל֩ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative failed לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to appear יָב֜וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular within three לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת H7969 Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct days הַיָּמִ֗ים H3117 Article | Noun - masculine plural would forfeit יָחֳרַ֖ם H2763 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct his property רְכוּשׁ֑וֹ H7399 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְה֥וּא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular according to the counsel כַּעֲצַ֤ת H6098 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct of the leaders הַשָּׂרִים֙ H8269 Article | Noun - masculine plural and elders וְהַזְּקֵנִ֔ים H2205 Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural and would himself be expelled יִבָּדֵ֖ל H914 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular from the assembly מִקְּהַ֥ל H6951 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the exiles הַגּוֹלָֽה׃ס H1473 Article | Noun - feminine singular

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