Ezra Chapter 10
So Ezra was out here praying and shedding tears, totally heartbroken in front of God's crib, and then all these peeps from Israel rolled up—men, women, kids—just vibing hard with the sorrow.
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. {wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping}
Shechaniah, Jehiel's son, was like, "Yo Ezra, we really messed up with God and got these sus wives from the land, but there's still hope for Israel, for real."
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, {one} of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
So let’s strike a deal with God to break things off with the wives and their kids, following my lord's advice and the vibes of those who respect God's command; let's do it right.
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. {to put...: Heb. to bring forth}
Rise up; this is your moment to deal with: we’re all on board with you, so be bold and go for it!
Arise; for {this} matter {belongeth} unto thee: we also {will be} with thee: be of good courage, and do {it}.
Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, Levites, and all of Israel promise to follow this plan. And they were like, "Bet."
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Then Ezra dipped from God's house and headed to Johanan’s place, skipping meals because he was mourning for the folks who got taken away.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and {when} he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
They spread the word throughout Judah and Jerusalem to gather the captives in Jerusalem; it was a whole operation.
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
And if anyone didn’t show up in three days, the leaders said they'd lose everything and be cut off from the crew of those who got taken.
And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. {forfeited: Heb. devoted}
So all the guys from Judah and Benjamin showed up in Jerusalem in three days. It was the ninth month, twentieth day; the whole squad was in the streets by God's house, shook because of this situation and the heavy rain.
Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It {was} the ninth month, on the twentieth {day} of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of {this} matter, and for the great rain. {the great...: Heb. the showers}
Ezra the priest stood up and was like, "Y’all have really messed up, taking those sus wives, adding to Israel’s struggles."
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. {have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back}
So like, confess to the Lord God of your fam, and do what pleases Him: separate from the vibes of the land and those sus wives.
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.
The whole crew was like, "For real, we’re down to do what you say."
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
But there are a ton of people, and it’s pouring rain, and we can’t just hang outside, plus this ain’t a one-day deal: we’ve got a lot of folks who messed up.
But the people {are} many, and {it is} a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither {is this} a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. {we are many...: or, we have greatly offended in this thing}
Let the leaders of the whole crew step up, and all the peeps who took sus wives in our towns show up at the scheduled times, along with the elders and judges, until God calms down on us.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. {for this...: or, till this matter be dispatched}
Only Jonathan, Asahel's son, and Jahaziah, Tikvah's kid, were on this grind: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite had their backs.
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this {matter}: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. {were...: Heb. stood}
The captives came through. Ezra the priest, with some top dads from the fam, all wrote down names and sat on day one of the tenth month to sort this out.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, {with} certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by {their} names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
They wrapped it up with all the guys who had taken sus wives by day one of the first month.
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
And they found some priests who had taken sus wives: like Jeshua, Jozadak's son, and his bros; Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: {namely}, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
They agreed to part ways with their wives; feeling guilty, they offered a ram from the herd for their mistake.
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and {being} guilty, {they offered} a ram of the flock for their trespass.
And from the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
For the fam of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. Vibes.
And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Then for Pashur's crew: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. Lit.
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Now for the Levites; it’s Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (aka Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same {is} Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
And don't sleep on the singers; Eliashib's in the mix, plus the porters: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
For Israel, we got the Parosh squad: Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Miamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. Bussin.
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
And from Elam's fam; it’s Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah. No cap.
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
From Zattu, it’s Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. Savage.
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
For Bebai's crew, we got Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. Periodt.
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, {and} Athlai.
And from Bani's squad: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth. Fr.
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
Lastly, from Pahath-moab; it’s Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, Binnui, and Manasseh. Pop off.
And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
Yo, we got the squad from Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, no cap.
And {of} the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Then there's Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah, vibing together.
Benjamin, Malluch, {and} Shemariah.
From the Hashum fam, we got Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei, straight up lit.
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, {and} Shimei.
Then the Bani crew rolls in: Maadai, Amram, and Uel, just chilling.
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, all part of the crew, periodt.
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, keeping it real with the vibes.
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, just flexing their names.
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
And don’t forget Bani and Binnui, plus Shimei, they pop off.
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
Shelemiah, Nathan, and Adaiah, bringing the rizz, for sure.
And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Last but not least, Machnadebai, Shashai, and Sharai, all in the mix, fr.
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, {Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies}
Azareel, Shelemiah, and Shemariah, no cap.
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph, vibes.
Shallum, Amariah, {and} Joseph.
Yo, from the fam of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah, all chilling.
Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
They all went for some sus wives, and some even had kids with them, fr.
All these had taken strange wives: and {some} of them had wives by whom they had children.