Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
So now let's make a promise to our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, following the advice of my lord and those who deeply respect God's commands. Let's do this according to God's law.
The writer is proposing that the people make a covenant with God to divorce their foreign wives and send away their children to obey God's law.
📚 Historical Context
During the time of Ezra, the Jewish people had returned from exile in Babylon and were working to rebuild their community and faith after years of captivity. They faced a major issue when it was discovered that many, including leaders, had married foreign women, which went against God's laws in the Torah and risked leading the nation back into idolatry. Ezra, as a priest and scribe, urged the people to make a covenant to address this by separating from these marriages to restore their spiritual purity and obedience to God's commands.
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