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Sep 27, 2019 · Ezra 10: The Problem of Mixed Marriages. September 27, 2019 by Brian. Ezra 10 continues the narrative begun in chapter 9. Chapter 9 concluded with Ezra’s prayer of confession. Chapter 10 opens by telling us that Ezra was “weeping and casting himself down before the house of God” while he was praying. This shows the emotional depth of Ezra ...
This chapter presents a detailed discussion of the pivotal issues at stake within the text, by incorporating and analysing a range of primary, and secondary, sources.
- I. The Problem: Intermarriage
- II. Ezra’s Dramatic Response
- III. Ezra’s Prayer
Discussion Questions • What problem was told to Ezra soon after they arrived in the land? • Why was it a problem that they had married some people in the land? • Where had God commanded them about this? • Why did God forbid them from intermarrying with other peoples? • What result would intermarriage bring? • Which people were the chief culprits? •...
Discussion Questions • How did Ezra respond when he heard this? • Was his response kind of extreme? Why or why not? • What does tearing his hair and clothes and ripping out his hair show? • What attitude does this demonstrate? • How does that compare with how the people reacted to this sin (they had tolerated it for a long time)? • How did his exam...
Discussion Questions Verses 5-9 • Why was Ezra so upset? Why did he feel humiliated? • Considering he didn’t participate in this sin, why did he keep referring to “I” and “Our” etc.? • Why did Ezra believe they suffered so many defeats in their recent history? • Why do any believers face trials? Is it always because of our sin, like in this case? •...
Placing the events in Ezra 9–10 as the final portions of the Ezra Memoir, this chapter identifies the sequence of events—the initial charge of sacrilege rooted in Pentateuchal law; the dialogue between several parties including Ezra; Ezra’s actions and decision; and the execution of Ezra’s decision—as an exposition of unchartered ...
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.” (Is. 9:6-7).
Ezra was a man God chose to breathe life into a people struggling in their restoration. Judaism places Ezra in a highly esteemed place in the Men of the Great Assembly.
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Ezra was devastated; this was precisely the sin the nation had committed shortly after it first entered the land under Joshua (Ex. 34:15–16; Dt. 7:3–4). It was the sin that had plunged Israel into the dark ages known as the period of the judges (Jud. 3:6–7).
