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Complete Jewish Bible

Ezra 10:10

‘Ezra the cohen stood up and addressed them: "You have acted treacherously by marrying foreign women and have thus increased Isra'el's guilt.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Church;   Decision;   Divorce;   Ezra;   Government;   Reproof;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Palliation-Denunciation;   Rebuke;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Divorce;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addan;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the priest Ezra stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.
Hebrew Names Version
Ezra the Kohen stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Yisra'el.
King James Version
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
English Standard Version
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
New Century Version
Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married non-Jewish women. You have made Israel more guilty.
New English Translation
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.
Amplified Bible
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful [to God] and have married foreign (pagan) women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.
World English Bible
Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ezra the Priest stoode vp, & said vnto them, Ye haue transgressed, & haue taken strange wiues, to increase the trespasse of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Ezra the priest arose and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
Ezra the priest stood up and said: You have broken God's Law by marrying foreign women, and you have made the whole nation guilty!
Darby Translation
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Ezra the priest stood and said to them, "You people have not been faithful to God. You have married foreign women. You have made Israel more guilty by doing that.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed against God, and have taken foreign wives, and thus increased the sins of Israel.
Good News Translation
Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them. He said, "You have been faithless and have brought guilt on Israel by marrying foreign women.
Lexham English Bible
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have broke faith and married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
Literal Translation
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have trespassed and have dwelt with foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And E?dras ye prest stode vp, and sayde vnto them: Ye haue transgressed, yt ye haue taken straunge wyues, to make the trespace of Israel yet more:
American Standard Version
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Esdras the priest stoode vp, and sayd vnto them: Ye haue transgressed, & haue taken straunge wyues, to make the trespasse of Israel yet more.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them: 'Ye have broken faith, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And Ezra the Priest stood vp, and said vnto them, Yee haue transgressed, and haue taken strange wiues, to encrease the trespasse of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Esdras the priest arose, and said to them, Ye have broken covenant, and have taken strange wives, to add to the trespass of Israel.
English Revised Version
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married strange women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Esdras, the preest, roos, and seide to hem, Ye han trespassid, and han weddid wyues, alien wymmen, that ye schulden `leie to on the trespas of Israel.
Update Bible Version
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives to increase the trespass of Israel.
New King James Version
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.
New Living Translation
Then Ezra the priest stood and said to them: "You have committed a terrible sin. By marrying pagan women, you have increased Israel's guilt.
New Life Bible
Then Ezra the religious leader stood up and said to them, "You have been sinful and have married wives of strange lands, adding to the guilt of Israel.
New Revised Standard
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have trespassed and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then arose Ezra the priest, and said unto them, Ye, have acted unfaithfully, and have married foreign women, - to add unto the guilt of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sins of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have trespassed and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;
THE MESSAGE
Ezra the priest stood up and spoke: "You've broken trust. You've married foreign wives. You've piled guilt on Israel. Now make your confession to God , the God of your ancestors, and do what he wants you to do: Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.

Contextual Overview

6 ‘Ezra then left his place in front of the house of God and went to the room of Y'hochanan the son of Elyashiv. After going there, he neither ate food nor drank water; because he was mourning over the treachery of the exiles. 7 A proclamation was issued throughout Y'hudah and Yerushalayim that all the exiles were to assemble in Yerushalayim; 8 and that whoever didn't come within three days, in answer to the summons from the officials and leaders, would forfeit all he owned and himself be banished from the community of the exiles. 9 All the men of Y'hudah and Binyamin assembled in Yerushalayim within the three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the people sat in the open place in front of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. 10 ‘Ezra the cohen stood up and addressed them: "You have acted treacherously by marrying foreign women and have thus increased Isra'el's guilt. 11 Now, therefore, make confession to Adonai , the God of your ancestors; and do what will please him by separating yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women." 12 In response, the whole assembly cried aloud, "Yes, our duty is to do as you have said. 13 But there are many people, and it's the rainy season — we can't stay out here in the open. Also, it isn't the work of a day or two; for there are many of us who have committed this crime. 14 Let our leaders represent the whole community; and let all those in our cities who have married foreign women appear at prearranged times, accompanied by the elders and judges of each city; until our God's fierce anger over this has been turned away from us."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

taken: Heb. caused to dwell, or, brought back

to increase: Ezra 9:6, Numbers 32:14, Joshua 22:17, Joshua 22:18, 2 Chronicles 28:13, Matthew 23:32

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:19 - make Ezra 9:1 - have not separated Nehemiah 10:30 - General Nehemiah 13:23 - married Jeremiah 5:6 - because 2 Timothy 2:16 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.
Genesis 11:9
For this reason it is called Bavel [confusion] — because there Adonai confused the language of the whole earth, and from there Adonai scattered them all over the earth.
Genesis 14:1
(iv) When Amrafel was king of Shin‘ar, Aryokh king of Elasar, K'dorla‘omer king of ‘Elam and Tid‘al king of Goyim;
Isaiah 10:9
Hasn't Kalno [suffered] like Kark'mish, Hamat like Arpad, Shomron like Dammesek?
Isaiah 11:11
On that day Adonai will raise his hand again, a second time, to reclaim the remnant of his people who remain from Ashur, Egypt, Patros, Ethiopia, ‘Eilam, Shin‘ar, Hamat and the islands in the sea.
Isaiah 39:1
M'rodakh-Bal'adan the son of Bal'adan, king of Bavel, heard that Hizkiyahu had been ill and had recovered, so he sent a letter and a gift to him.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Attack the land of Meratayim; attack it and those living in P'kod. Waste them, utterly destroy them; do all I have ordered you," says Adonai .
Daniel 1:2
and Adonai handed Y'hoyakim king of Y'hudah over to him, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He took them to the land of Shin‘ar, to the house of his god and placed the articles in the storehouse of his god.
Amos 6:2
Travel to Kalneh and see; from there go on to Hamat the great; then go down to Gat of the P'lishtim. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
Micah 4:10
Be in pain! Work to give birth like a woman in labor, daughter of Tziyon! For now you will go out of the city and live in the wilds till you reach Bavel. There you will be rescued; there Adonai will redeem you from the power of your enemies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ezra the priest stood up,.... In the midst of the assembly to make his speech, acquainting them with the reason of their meeting together:

and said unto them, ye have transgressed; the law of God in the following instance:

and have taken strange wives; of the people of the land and others, idolatrous persons:

to increase the trespass of Israel; to add to former iniquities, which had been the cause of the captivity.


 
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