Ezra 10:9

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.

So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

11 Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

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BSB
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
KJV
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
WEB
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
ASV
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
DARBY
Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.
BLB
And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, and because of the rains.
ÅB
Så samledes alle Judas og Benjamins menn i Jerusalem innen de tre dager; det var den tyvende dag i den niende måned. Alt folket satt på plassen ved Guds hus og skalv både for sakens skyld og for regnbygene.
OTB
Innen tre dager samlet alle mennene fra Juda og Benjamin seg i Jerusalem. På den tjuende dagen i den niende måneden satt hele folket på plassen foran Guds hus, skjelvende på grunn av denne saken og det kraftige regnet.
B1930
Så samledes alle Judas og Benjamins menn i Jerusalem innen de tre dager; det var den tyvende dag i den niende måned. Alt folket satt på plassen ved Guds hus og skalv både for sakens skyld og for regnbygene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 12:17–18

    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

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  • Esther 2:16

    She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

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  • Jeremiah 10:13

    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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  • Ezra 7:8–9

    Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

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  • Jeremiah 10:10

    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

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