Ezra 10:5 (GNV)

Passage

Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:3 Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe.

Ezra 10:4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it.

Ezra 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.

Ezra 10:6 And Ezra rose vp from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Iohanan the sonne of Eliashib: he went euen thither, but he did eate neither bread, nor drunke water: for he mourned, because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie.

Ezra 10:7 And they caused a proclamation to goe throughout Iudah and Ierusalem, vnto all them of the captiuitie, that they should assemble themselues vnto Ierusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arose", "ezra", "caused", "chiefe", "priestes", "leuites", "israel", and "sweare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arose" and "ezra", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Arise for the matter belogeth vnto thee..." into verse 6's "And Ezra rose vp from before the...", so "arose" and "ezra" 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 "arose" and "ezra" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.