Ezra 10:15 (DRB)

Passage

Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them:

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:13 But as the people are many, and it is time of rain, and we are not able to stand without, and it is not a work of one day or two, (for we have exceedingly sinned in this matter,)

Ezra 10:14 Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin.

Ezra 10:15 Then Jonathan the son of Azahel, and Jaasia the son of Thecua were appointed over this, and Mesollam and Sebethai, Levites, helped them:

Ezra 10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Ezra 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jonathan", "azahel", "jaasia", "thecua", "appointed", "over", "mesollam", and "sebethai". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jonathan" and "azahel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Let rulers be appointed in all the..." into verse 16's "And the children of the captivity did...", so "jonathan" and "azahel" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jonathan" and "azahel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.