The Meaning of Ezra 10:15 Explained

Ezra 10:15

KJV: Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

YLT: Only Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.

Darby: Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

ASV: Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter : and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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What is the context of Ezra 10:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

What does Ezra 10:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezra 10:1-19 - Putting Away Strange Marriages

The people seem to have been more impressed by Ezra's intense grief of soul than they could have been by his severest condemnation. Is not this the secret of winning men from their evil ways? But we must not expend all our force in tears; we must act when we have opportunity. Shechaniah was not implicated, but his father and other near relatives were, Ezra 10:26. His words may be appropriated by us all, Ezra 10:2. There is always hope for the man who repents and puts away evil. It is a great encouragement when brave men will stand by the reformer, but whether they do or not, there is One who neither leaves nor forsakes, Hebrews 13:5-6. A drastic remedy was required; it seemed very hard and must have occasioned many heartbreaks. Probably if a wife had truly turned to the God of Israel, she would have been retained. God demands the sacrifice of anything which comes between us and Him, however dear, Mark 9:43; Matthew 10:37. There is no warrant for such action in our days. The process of the Gospel is given in 1 Corinthians 7:12-13. A solemn assembly was convened in the month of December, the coldest and rainiest time of the year. A court of inquiry was finally appointed, who continued their labors for about a quarter of a year. The offense seems to have been temporarily eradicated, though we meet with it again, Nehemiah 13:23; Malachi 2:11. Each generation repeats the sins of its predecessors, unwarned by their bitter experiences. Not the study of history, but the Spirit of God is needed to deal with and subdue individual and national sins [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 10

¹ Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages
⁶ 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

What do the individual words in Ezra 10:15 mean?

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahaziah son of Tikvah opposed upon this and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support

אַ֣ךְ יוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־ עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה בֶן־ תִּקְוָ֖ה עָמְד֣וּ עַל־ זֹ֑את וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י הַלֵּוִ֖י עֲזָרֻֽם

אַ֣ךְ	Only
Parse: Adverb Root: אַךְ Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
יוֹנָתָ֧ן	Jonathan
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄונָתָן Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל	of Asahel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֲשָׂהאֵל Sense: nephew of David, son of David’s sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him.
וְיַחְזְיָ֥ה	and Jahaziah
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יַחְזְיָה Sense: son of Tikvah, apparently a priest and leader during the time of Ezra.
בֶן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
תִּקְוָ֖ה	of Tikvah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: תָּקְהַת Sense: father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah in the time of king Josiah of Judah.
עָמְד֣וּ	opposed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: עָמַד Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
עַל־	upon
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
זֹ֑את	this
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם	and Meshullam
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מְשֻׁלָּם Sense: grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe. 2 son of Zerubbabel. 3 a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. 4 a Benjamite, father of Sallu. 5 a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. 6 a Benjamite. 6a perhaps the same as 3 or 4. 7 a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah. 8 son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. 9 son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. 0 a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah.
וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י	and Shabbethai
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁבְּתַי Sense: a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
הַלֵּוִ֖י	the Levite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: לֵוִי Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
עֲזָרֻֽם	gave them support
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural, third person masculine plural Root: עָזַר Sense: to help, succour, support.

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