Ezra 10:7 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Ezra 10:8 And whosoeuer woulde not come within three dayes according to the counsel of the Princes and Elders, all his substance should be forfait, and he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captiuitie.

Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Iudah and Beniamin assembled theselues vnto Ierusalem within three dayes, which was the twentieth day of the ninth moneth, and all the people sate in the streete of the house of God, trembling for this matter, and for the raine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "caused", "proclamation", "throughout", "iudah", "ierusalem", "vnto", "captiuitie", and "should". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "caused" and "proclamation", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Ezra rose vp from before the..." into verse 8's "And whosoeuer woulde not come within three...", so "caused" and "proclamation" 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 "caused" and "proclamation" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.