The Meaning of Ezra 10:12 Explained

Ezra 10:12

KJV: Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

YLT: And all the assembly answer and say with a great voice, 'Right; according to thy word -- on us to do;

Darby: And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

ASV: Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then all the congregation  answered  and said  with a loud  voice,  As thou hast said,  so must we do. 

What does Ezra 10:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezra 10:1-19 - Putting Away Strange Marriages
The people seem to have been more impressed by Ezra's intense grief of soul than they could have been by his severest condemnation. Is not this the secret of winning men from their evil ways? But we must not expend all our force in tears; we must act when we have opportunity. Shechaniah was not implicated, but his father and other near relatives were, Ezra 10:26. His words may be appropriated by us all, Ezra 10:2. There is always hope for the man who repents and puts away evil. It is a great encouragement when brave men will stand by the reformer, but whether they do or not, there is One who neither leaves nor forsakes, Hebrews 13:5-6. A drastic remedy was required; it seemed very hard and must have occasioned many heartbreaks. Probably if a wife had truly turned to the God of Israel, she would have been retained. God demands the sacrifice of anything which comes between us and Him, however dear, Mark 9:43; Matthew 10:37. There is no warrant for such action in our days. The process of the Gospel is given in 1 Corinthians 7:12-13. A solemn assembly was convened in the month of December, the coldest and rainiest time of the year. A court of inquiry was finally appointed, who continued their labors for about a quarter of a year. The offense seems to have been temporarily eradicated, though we meet with it again, Nehemiah 13:23; Malachi 2:11. Each generation repeats the sins of its predecessors, unwarned by their bitter experiences. Not the study of history, but the Spirit of God is needed to deal with and subdue individual and national sins [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 10

1  Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages
6  Ezra assembles the people
9  The people repent, and promise amendment
15  The care to perform it
18  The names of them which had married strange wives

What do the individual words in Ezra 10:12 mean?

And answered all the assembly and said with a voice loud Yes - as you have said so we must do
וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ כָֽל־ הַקָּהָ֛ל וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל כֵּ֛ן [כדבריך] (כִּדְבָרְךָ֥) עָלֵ֖ינוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת

וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ  And  answered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
הַקָּהָ֛ל  the  assembly 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ק֣וֹל  with  a  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
גָּד֑וֹל  loud 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
כֵּ֛ן  Yes 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
[כדבריך]  - 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
(כִּדְבָרְךָ֥)  as  you  have  said 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
עָלֵ֖ינוּ  so  we 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת  must  do 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.

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