“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness. Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’
“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant, shall we again break your commandments, and join ourselves with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape? Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv13, 15 Hast not utterly cast us down and destroyed us…
Hast not utterly cast us down and destroyed us for our sins, Deut. 28:13.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv10–15 Ezr 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall…
Ezr 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Ver. 10. And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?] q.d. We have nothing to say for ourselves, wherever thou shouldst not presently pronounce against us, and execute upon us the sentence of utter rejection. We are even speechless, excuseless, and must needs conclude, It is the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed, that we are at all on this side of hell it is because his compassions fail not, Lam 3:32.
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For we have forsaken thy commandments] Better than this Ezra could not have said for himself and his people, whilst he thus confesseth sin, and putteth himself into the hands of justice, in hope of mercy. In the courts of men it is safest to say, Non feci, I did it not (saith Quintilian). But in our addresses unto God it is best to say, Ego feci, miserere, I did it, Oh be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me. Per miserere mei, tollitur ira Dei.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv10–15 What apology can we make for ourselves, after thou…
What apology can we make for ourselves, after thou hast conferred such great and high favours upon us, and we have so grossly abused them?
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–15 And now, O our God, what shall we say…
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?.... What apology or excuse can be made for such ingratitude? what can be said in favour of such a people? what kindness can be expected to be shown to a people who had behaved in so base a manner?
for we have forsaken thy commandments: particularly those which related to marriages with people of other nations.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 15 It is unclean - This land is as corrupt…
It is unclean - This land is as corrupt as any of the rest of the heathen nations.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 13, 15 Verse 10. What shall we say after this?] Even…
Verse 10. What shall we say after this?] Even in the midst of these beginnings of respite and mercy we have begun to provoke thee anew!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 13, 15 Ezr 9:10. And now, what shall we say after…
Ezr 9:10. And now, what shall we say after this? — What apology can we make for ourselves, after thou hast conferred such great and high favours upon us, and we have so grossly abused them?
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 15 Saying - The words which follow in this verse…
Saying - The words which follow in this verse are not quoted from any previous book of Scripture, but merely give the general sense of numerous passages. Compare the marginal references.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv11–15 Mouth, like a vessel brim-full. (Menochius) --- Protestants, "from…
Mouth, like a vessel brim-full. (Menochius) --- Protestants, "from one end ot the other." (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 14, 15 11. Commanded by thy servants the prophets — Especially…
11. Commanded by thy servants the prophets — Especially by Moses, the great prophet (Deu_18:15) and lawgiver. Comp. with this and the next verse Exo_23:32; Exo_34:12-16; Deu_7:1-3.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv10–15 10. A sudden apostrophe. God’s mercy has been great;…
10. A sudden apostrophe. God’s mercy has been great; but now, in spite of all, Israel has broken this command: what does she deserve?
And now … after this] It has been very generally supposed that ‘after this’ means ‘after this manifestation of Divine clemency’. But it seems better to suppose that Ezra breaks abruptly off at Ezr_9:9. The thought of God’s favour in the past makes Ezra mentally compare it with the present position of the Jews. ‘And now, at this moment, after this fresh violation of commandment, after this further proof of our guiltiness, what can we say?’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 13, 15 The land, unto which ye go to possess it,…
The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land, etc. These exact words do not occur elsewhere; but the "unclean" and corrupt character of the Canaanitish nations is constantly proclaimed in the Law, and was the sole reason why their land was taken from them and given to the Israelites. On the special character of their "filthiness" and "abominations" see Deu_12:2, Deu_12:3; Lev_18:6-27.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 13, 15 for all time
for all time
"until the end of the ages"
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servant
prophet
possess
clean
abomination
son
peace
children
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 14, 15 9:11-12 Your servants the prophets warned us: God had…
9:11-12 Your servants the prophets warned us: God had clearly revealed what he expected from his people (see Deut 7:3-4; Mal 2:10-12) and had promised great blessings if they followed his covenant stipulations (see Lev 26:1-13; Deut 28:1-14; Jer 32:36–33:18; Ezek 37:15-28; Hos 14:1-8).
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