Ezra 9:3
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When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was the restored center of Jewish worship in Judea, the Persian province to which Ezra had returned from Persia, the ruling empire. These places matter because Ezra’s grief arose from hearing that Judea’s returned community, centered on Jerusalem, had intermarried with surrounding peoples despite Persia’s authorization to restore covenant life there.
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Ezra 9:3 mentions Jerusalem, Judea and Persia.
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