Ezra 10:7 (YLT)

Passage

And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,

Nearby Context

Ezra 10:5 And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word--and they swear.

Ezra 10:6 And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.

Ezra 10:7 And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem,

Ezra 10:8 and every one who cometh not in by the third day, according to the counsel of the heads and of the elders, all his substance is devoted, and himself separated from the assembly of the removal.

Ezra 10:9 And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it <FI>is<Fi> the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "voice", "pass", "over", "judah", "jerusalem", "sons", and "removal". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "voice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Ezra riseth from before the house..." into verse 8's "and every one who cometh not in...", so "cause" and "voice" 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 "cause" and "voice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.