Ezra 10:19
19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
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19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 10:19
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.