Ezra 10:4 (DRB)

Passage

Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:2 And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

Ezra 10:3 Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law.

Ezra 10:4 Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.

Ezra 10:5 So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word, and they swore.

Ezra 10:6 And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and entered in thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water: for he mourned for the transgression of them that were come out of the captivity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arise", "part", "give", "orders", "thee", "take", and "courage". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arise" and "part", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Let us make a covenant with the..." into verse 5's "So Esdras arose and made the chiefs...", so "arise" and "part" 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 "arise" and "part" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.