Ezr 10:9-12

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

Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them,
“You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.

“Now therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers and do His will;
and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice,
“That’s right! As you have said, so it is our duty to do.

The people assembled as instructed by their leadership.
They were trembling.
Trembling because of the matter at hand.
Trembling because of the heavy rain.
Weather conditions mattered not.
Sin must be addressed.

Ezra stood before them and declared the problem.
They had been unfaithful to God.
They had married foreign women.
They had added to the guilt of Israel.

Ezra then told them what to do. Make confession before the Lord.
Do His will.
Separate themselves from the people of the lands and the foreign wives.

How did the people respond?
That’s right!
We will do it!

That is exciting to hear.
We will see that they meant it…though the next word they said is “but”…as we shall see tomorrow.

For today, repent from evil.
Do good.
Do the will of the Lord.

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