17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
17 and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.
17 and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.
17 By the first day of the first month they had finished dealing with every man who had married a foreign wife.
17 By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.
17 By March 27, the first day of the new year, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 10:17
Commentary on Ezra 10:15-44
(Read Ezra 10:15-44)
The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no need of repentance.