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Ezra 9

Ezra 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For they have taken
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
b of their daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
for themselves, and for their sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
: so that the holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
d seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
havee mingled
`arab (Hebrew #6148)
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV usage: engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves with the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of those lands
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: yea, the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
and rulers
cagan (Hebrew #5461)
a prefect of a province
KJV usage: prince, ruler.
Pronounce: saw-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to superintend
hath been chief
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
in this trespass
ma`al (Hebrew #4604)
treachery, i.e. sin
KJV usage: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, X very.
Pronounce: mah'-al
Origin: from 4603
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Ex. 34:16• 16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. (Ex. 34:16)
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Neh. 13:23• 23In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab. (Neh. 13:23)
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Deut. 14:2• 2For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 14:2)
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Isa. 6:13• 13But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk remaineth after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof. (Isa. 6:13)
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2 Cor. 6:14• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)

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Daughter,
Prince; Princess,
Seed,
Trespass

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Ministry on This Verse

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taken of their.
Ezra 10:18‑44• 18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
 19And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.
 20And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.
 21And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
 22And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
 23And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
 24And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
 25And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
 26And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
 27And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
 28And of the children of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
 29And of the children of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
 30And of the children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
 31And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,
 32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
 33Of the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
 34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
 35Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,
 36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
 37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,
 38and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
 39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
 40Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,
 41Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
 42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
 43Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.
 44All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children. (Ezra 10:18‑44)
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Ex. 34:16• 16and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. (Ex. 34:16)
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Deut. 7:1‑4• 1When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,
 2and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.
 3And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;
 4for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. (Deut. 7:1‑4)
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Neh. 13:23‑24• 23In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
 24And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. (Neh. 13:23‑24)
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Mal. 2:11• 11Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange *god. (Mal. 2:11)
the holy seed.
Ex. 19:6• 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:6)
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Ex. 22:31• 31--And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog. (Ex. 22:31)
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Deut. 7:6• 6For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 7:6)
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Deut. 14:2• 2For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 14:2)
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Isa. 6:13• 13But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk remaineth after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof. (Isa. 6:13)
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Mal. 2:15• 15And did not one make them? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth, (Mal. 2:15)
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1 Cor. 7:14• 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since otherwise indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy. (1 Cor. 7:14)
mingled.
Gen. 6:2• 2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose. (Gen. 6:2)
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Neh. 13:3,23‑24• 3And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
 23In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
 24And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. (Neh. 13:3,23‑24)
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2 Cor. 6:14• 14Be not diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? or what fellowship of light with darkness? (2 Cor. 6:14)
the hand.
Ezra 10:18‑44• 18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
 19And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.
 20And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.
 21And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
 22And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
 23And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
 24And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
 25And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
 26And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
 27And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
 28And of the children of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
 29And of the children of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
 30And of the children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
 31And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,
 32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
 33Of the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
 34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
 35Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,
 36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
 37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,
 38and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
 39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
 40Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,
 41Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
 42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
 43Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.
 44All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children. (Ezra 10:18‑44)
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Neh. 13:4,17,28• 4And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,
 17And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?
 28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; and I chased him from me. (Neh. 13:4,17,28)
• Paul makes it perfectly clear in his second letter to the Corinthians what this means to us  (2 Cor. 6:14,17-18). (“The Condition of the Remnant in Judea -Ezra 9:1-2” by N. Simon)
• Intermarriages. This had been expressly forbidden. (That it was not intermarriages only may be gathered from the passage above cited from Exodus, as also from Numb. 25; in fact, all the abominations of the idolatry of the several nations named were connected with these marriages.) See Exod. 34:12-16. It was therefore in willful disobedience that they had contracted these shameful alliances with the world, for this is what these marriages typify-the besetting sin of God's people in every age. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 9” by E. Dennett)
• "One sinner destroyeth much good" (Eccles. 9:18), especially when that one has a place of position and influence. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands; and the hand of the princes and rulersd has been chief in this unfaithfulness.

JND Translation Notes

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Segan, a Persian word.