Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel. Cross References Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!" Nehemiah 13:27 Why should we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?" Chapter Outline 1. Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages6. Ezra assembles the people 9. The people repent, and promise amendment 15. The care to perform it 18. The names of them which had married strange wives Jump to Previous Broken Elam Ezra Faith Foreign Hope Israel Jehiel Married Peoples Shecaniah Shechaniah Strange Trespassed WomenJump to Next Broken Elam Ezra Faith Foreign Hope Israel Jehiel Married Peoples Shecaniah Shechaniah Strange Trespassed Women |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Shechaniah Ezra 10:26 Nehemiah 3:29 Elam Ezra 2:7, 31 Nehemiah 7:12, 34 Compare James 2:9 Exodus 34:12 Nehemiah 13:27 yet now there is hope Exodus 34:6, 7 Isaiah 55:6, 7 Jeremiah 3:12, 13 1 John 1:7-9 Links Ezra 10:2 NIVEzra 10:2 NLT Ezra 10:2 ESV Ezra 10:2 NASB Ezra 10:2 KJV Ezra 10:2 Bible Apps Ezra 10:2 Parallel Ezra 10:2 Biblia Paralela Ezra 10:2 Chinese Bible Ezra 10:2 French Bible Ezra 10:2 German Bible Ezra 10:2 Commentaries Bible Hub |