Ezra 10 New Living Translation (NLT)
The People Confess Their Sin
10 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and lying face down on the ground in front of the Temple of God, a very large crowd of people from Israel—men, women, and children—gathered and wept bitterly with him. 2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel. 3 Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God. 4 Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action.”
5 So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said. And they all swore a solemn oath. 6 Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night[a] there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles.
7 Then a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should come to Jerusalem. 8 Those who failed to come within three days would, if the leaders and elders so decided, forfeit all their property and be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
9 Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19,[b] and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining. 10 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. 11 So now confess your sin to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”
12 Then the whole assembly raised their voices and answered, “Yes, you are right; we must do as you say!” 13 Then they added, “This isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, for many of us are involved in this extremely sinful affair. And this is the rainy season, so we cannot stay out here much longer. 14 Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”
15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this course of action, and they were supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.
16 So this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29,[c] the leaders sat down to investigate the matter. 17 By March 27, the first day of the new year,[d] they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives.
Those Guilty of Intermarriage
18 These are the priests who had married pagan wives:
From the family of Jeshua son of Jehozadak[e] and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
20 From the family of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
21 From the family of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
22 From the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
23 These are the Levites who were guilty: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
24 This is the singer who was guilty: Eliashib.
These are the gatekeepers who were guilty: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
25 These are the other people of Israel who were guilty:
From the family of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah,[f] and Benaiah.
26 From the family of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
27 From the family of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
28 From the family of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 From the family of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
30 From the family of Pahath-moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maasei
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Hello Brother Paul, I going to have to call you on the statements you made around the 11:45 mark of this video. Deut 24:1 says quite a bit different. (Deut 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. KJV) In this world about 60% of marriages end in divorce and 70% of the time the woman initiates it. My ex-wife leaned on her own pagan Christian understanding and ran to the lawyer. And now she misleads our children in her ways! It distresses me deeply.
Shalom I don’t disagree with you. Family Court is corrupt. I just did another video about divorce.
Brother Paul, the words that you spoke was absolute poetic beauty and truth when you said, “it’s not about the bloodline, it’s about the heart line!” Brother, I felt that deep within my soul and those words made my soul shake inside of me! HalleluYAH! Praise Yahweh for using you as a mouthpiece to teach His holy word with understanding, wisdom, and knowledge! At that moment you my heart began to sing and cry out Abba Father! My heart beats for Him and He has placed Israel on my heart and it’s like I hear her crying out my name to come home, it’s like a call to my soul, tugging on my heartstrings each day, and I know it’s because of the Love of my life’s doing, Yeshua. In the Book of Ezra, I can’t help but to imagine what they must of felt like when they were told that they could go home to their land. I try to imagine that their hearts must of been pounding in their chests with joy and perhaps a hint of nervousness. Oh Yahweh is good and He is the desire of my soul! Each time I open my Bible I get to see my beautiful family and with the hopes and trust that one day I will get to meet them and dance with them and worship with them. They mean so much to me, my Bible I cling to my chest close to my heart. Thank you brother, oh you are so dear to all of us! May Yahweh protect you for He has chosen you! Goodness I love my beautiful family in Messiah!!!! 💙🕊💙
Thank you brother for this teaching.
My pagan ex-husband and I were trying to reconcile but we just couldn’t come to terms. This teaching convicted my heart. Although I still love him and miss him, I’ve decided to stop trying due to your teaching.
Thank you Abba for your perfect timing!
Thank you for this today! Enjoyed it very much.