Category: Ezra: Restoring God’s Family (Page 1 of 7)

These final verses in the book of Ezra are simply a list of names of the men who had pledged to publicly repent of the sin of taking foreign women into their homes and marrying them or living with them as though they were married.

These final portions of the book of Ezra are a sobering case study of the doctrine of sin. Sin is a very serious subject. It should not be taken lightly, and it should not be swept under the rug, minimized, ignored, excused, or justified.