Chapter 10:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Ezra 10
Concise Complete
Ezra encourages to reformation. (1-5) He assembles the
people. (6-14) Reformation effected. (15-44)
Verses 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.
Verses 6-14 There
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 are undone.
So rich is the mercy, and so plenteous the redemption of God, that there is hope
for the vilest who hear the gospel, and are willing to accept of free salvation.
When sinners mourn for their sins, and tremble at the word of God, there is hope
that they will forsake them. To affect others with godly sorrow or love to God,
we must ourselves be affected. It was carefully agreed how this affair should be
carried on. That which is hastily resolved on seldom proves lasting.
Verses 15-44 The
best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come
to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is
repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our
Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming
repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence
proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are
those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no
need of repentance.
Chapter 10:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
