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when Ezra had prayed. Note the change to the third person. This does not imply another authorship. Such changes are common. Compare Isa_6:5-8; Isa_7:3; Isa_37:6 with other passages. Also Jer_20:1-6 with Ezr_10:7; and Jer_21:1 with Jer_28:1, Jer_28:5.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.(with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4.
Israel. Compare Ezr_1:5. Ezr_2:2, Ezr_2:59, Ezr_2:70; Ezr_6:21; Ezr_7:10, Ezr_7:13; Ezr_8:25; Ezr_9:1. See note on 1Ki_12:17.
congregation = assembly. Assembled 24th Tisri. Compare Neh_9:3.
children = little ones. Hebrew. yeled. Not the same word as in Ezr_10:7.
wept very sore. Hebrew "wept a great weeping". Figure of speech Polyptoton. See note on Gen_26:28.