Ezra 10:6

⁴ Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

⁵ So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

⁷ And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

⁸ Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
KJV: Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
WEB: Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
ASV: Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.
DARBY: And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.
BLB: And Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and he went into the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And in his going there, he ate no bread, and he drank no water, for he mourned on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

ÅB: Så gikk Esras bort fra plassen foran Guds hus og inn i Johanans, Eljasibs sønns kammer. Og da han var kommet dit, kunne han hverken spise eller drikke, så dypt sørget han over de hjemkomnes utroskap.
OTB: Deretter trakk Esra seg tilbake fra Guds hus og gikk til kammeret til Johanan, sønn av Eljasib. Han spiste ikke brød eller drakk vann der, for han sørget over de bortførtes troløshet.
B1930: Så gikk Esras bort fra plassen foran Guds hus og inn i Johanans, Eljasibs sønns kammer. Og da han var kommet dit, kunde han hverken ete eller drikke, så dypt sørget han over de hjemkomnes utroskap.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
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John 4:31–34
Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
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Nehemiah 3:1
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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Nehemiah 12:22
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
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Nehemiah 12:10
Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
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Nehemiah 3:20
Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently repaired another section, from the angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
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Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
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Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
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