Throughout Ezra 9 and 10 a key word that is repeated is unfaithfulness
(Ezra 9:2–3; Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:6, Ezra 10:10). This repetition draws attention to the key problem that Ezra encounters in Jerusalem upon his return.1
Throughout Ezra 9 and 10 a key word that is repeated is unfaithfulness
(Ezra 9:2–3; Ezra 10:2, Ezra 10:6, Ezra 10:10). This repetition draws attention to the key problem that Ezra encounters in Jerusalem upon his return.1
1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.