Ezra 10:12 (GNV)

Passage

And all the Congregation answered, and sayd with a loude voyce, So will we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:10 And Ezra the Priest stoode vp, and said vnto them, Ye haue transgressed, and haue taken strange wiues, to increase the trespasse of Israel.

Ezra 10:11 Now therefore giue praise vnto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will, and separate your selues from the people of the land, and from the strange wiues.

Ezra 10:12 And all the Congregation answered, and sayd with a loude voyce, So will we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.

Ezra 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a raynie weather, and we are not able to stande without, neither is it the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.

Ezra 10:14 Let our rulers stand therefore before all the Congregation, and let all them which haue taken strange wiues in our cities, come at the time appoynted, and with them the Elders of euery citie and the Iudges thereof, til the fierce wrath of our God for this matter turne away from vs.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "congregation", "answered", "sayd", "loude", "voyce", "wordes", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "congregation" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Now therefore giue praise vnto the Lord..." into verse 13's "But the people are many and it...", so "congregation" and "answered" 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 "congregation" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.