Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezra 9:2

Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezra 9:2 - 9:2

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezra 9:2 - 9:2

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15

This they had done, either,

1. In the land of their captivity, into which these people were carried as well as others, as appears from Jer_25:9, &c. Or rather,

2. Since their return, as may be gathered from Ezr_9:8,9,10,14.

The princes and rulers; who should have restrained the people from this sin by their authority and example; and, by doing otherwise, made the sin more general, and involved themselves and the nation in the guilt of it.