Ezra 10:41 is one of the names in the list of Israelites who had married foreign wives, in the account of the people's separation from forbidden alliances. That separation was part of Ezra's effort to remove heathen influence and to prepare the people spiritually for rebuilding Jerusalem. That process of separation was preparation for understanding and obeying God's law.
The verse shows that some Bible verses are lists of names rather than promises. It belongs to God's clear counsel about marriage given in love and mercy, providing important instruction and timely warning to be read, prayerfully considered, and cheerfully obeyed. It teaches that marriage is to be entered only in the Lord, with the duties of marriage studied before entering it. Carefully and prayerfully consulting God's word on marriage and living in agreement with it escapes bitter anguish of heart, painful regret for long years, frequent disappointments in that honorable estate, and repentance that is at once too soon and too late.
Ezra 10:41 is one of the names in the list of Israelites who had married foreign wives, in the account of the people's separation from forbidden alliances. That separation was part of Ezra's effort to remove heathen influence and to prepare the people spiritually for rebuilding Jerusalem. That process of separation was preparation for understanding and obeying God's law.
The verse shows that some Bible verses are lists of names rather than promises. It belongs to God's clear counsel about marriage given in love and mercy, providing important instruction and timely warning to be read, prayerfully considered, and cheerfully obeyed. It teaches that marriage is to be entered only in the Lord, with the duties of marriage studied before entering it. Carefully and prayerfully consulting God's word on marriage and living in agreement with it escapes bitter anguish of heart, painful regret for long years, frequent disappointments in that honorable estate, and repentance that is at once too soon and too late.