Ezra 9:15

"shall we again break your commandments, and join ourselves with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape?"

Key Reflection

Ezra's plea in Ezra 9:15 reflects a deep concern for the spiritual purity of the people of Israel. He warns that if they return to their previous sins and align themselves with those who commit abominations, God’s anger could once again consume them completely, leaving no survivors.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Some take “righteous” to mean here “kind” or “merciful.” Others give it the more usual sense of “just,” and understand the full meaning of the passage to be, “Thou art righteous, and hast punished us, because of our sin, the contraction of forbidden marriages, so that we are a mere remnant of what was once a great people.”

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