Bible Strands
Ezra 10:4
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The gathered community addresses Ezra immediately after Shecaniah proposes a covenant to dismiss foreign wives. They command Ezra to rise, accept leadership of the task, and promise their support.
The words — ק֛וּם (kum) = arise and חֲזַ֖ק (cha.Zak) = be strong form the imperative core of the verse. Together with וַ/עֲשֵֽׂה (va./'a.Seh) = and act, they command immediate, decisive movement.
The thread — This pairing of strength and action echoes 1 Chronicles 28:10, 1 Chronicles 22:19, and Ecclesiastes 9:10, where divine or communal mandates require wholehearted labor. The texts share a pattern of urgent commissioning for a specific work.
Why it lands — The verse demands a reader to accept responsibility for a difficult task, rise without delay, and act despite the weight of the work. It frames obedience as a concrete command backed by collective support rather than a private suggestion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 28:10 Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
- Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
- Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- 1 Chronicles 22:16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
- Ezra 7:23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?
- Joshua 7:10 But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”