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EZRA CHAPTER 10
Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the strange marriages, Ezr_10:1-4. All Israel swear to do accordingly, Ezr_10:5. Ezra, mourning, assembleth the people, Ezr_10:6-8. The people at the exhortation of Ezra repent, and promise amendment, Ezr_10:9-14. Their care to perform it, Ezr_10:15-17. The names of them that married strange wives, Ezr_10:18-44.
Awakened by the words and example of this holy priest and great potentate. So inexpressible is the good which is done by the good example, and the evil which is done by the bad example, of a great person, or of a minister. The fame of his great passion of grief, and of his many and public expressions thereof in the court before the temple, being in an instant dispersed over all the city, brought a great company together. The people wept very sore, being greatly affected with Ezra’s prayer, and with the common sin.