Ezra 10:11 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Now therefore confess your sins to the LORD God of your ancestors, and do what pleases him: separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Ezra is telling the people to confess their sins to God and obey him by ending their marriages to women from other nations who worship different gods.

📚 Historical Context

This occurred after the Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. The returned Jews had intermarried with neighboring peoples who worshipped other gods, which violated God's law given through Moses. Ezra, a priest and scribe, was confronting this violation because these mixed marriages threatened to lead Israel away from worshipping the one true God, just as had happened before their exile.

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