The Meaning of Ezra 10:9 Explained

Ezra 10:9

KJV: Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

YLT: And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.

Darby: Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

ASV: Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then all the men  of Judah  and Benjamin  gathered themselves together  unto Jerusalem  within three  days.  It [was] the ninth  month,  on the twentieth  [day] of the month;  and all the people  sat  in the street  of the house  of God,  trembling  because of [this] matter,  and for the great rain. 

What does Ezra 10:9 Mean?

Study Notes

ninth month
i.e. December.

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 10:9 mean?

So gathered all the men of Judah and Benjamin at Jerusalem within three days It [was] month the ninth on [day] twenty of the month and sat the people in the open square of the house of God trembling because of [this] matter and because of heavy rain -
וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ כָל־ אַנְשֵֽׁי־ יְהוּדָה֩ וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן ׀ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת הַיָּמִ֗ים ה֛וּא חֹ֥דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖י בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ הָעָ֗ם בִּרְחוֹב֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מַרְעִידִ֥ים עַל־ הַדָּבָ֖ר וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים פ

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ  So  gathered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָבַץ  
Sense: to gather, assemble.
אַנְשֵֽׁי־  the  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יְהוּדָה֩  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן ׀  and  Benjamin 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם  at  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת  within  three 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
הַיָּמִ֗ים  days 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
ה֛וּא  It  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
חֹ֥דֶשׁ  month 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖י  the  ninth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: תְּשִׁיעִי  
Sense: ninth (as ordinal number).
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים  on  [day]  twenty 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ  of  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ  and  sat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הָעָ֗ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
בִּרְחוֹב֙  in  the  open  square 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: רְחֹב  
Sense: broad or open place or plaza.
בֵּ֣ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מַרְעִידִ֥ים  trembling 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רָעַד  
Sense: to tremble, quake.
עַל־  because 
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.
הַדָּבָ֖ר  of  [this]  matter 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים  and  because  of  heavy  rain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֶּשֶׁם  
Sense: rain, shower.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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