Ezra 10:3

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God,.... Renew our covenant with him, and lay ourselves under fresh obligation by promise and oath, and unanimously agree

to put away all the wives, and…

Let it be done according to the law - i. e., let a formal “bill of divorcement” be given to each foreign wife, whereby she will be restored to the condition of an unmarried woman, and be free to marry…

Let us make a covenant - נכרת ברית nichrath berith, let us cut or divide the covenant sacrifice. See the notes on Gen 15:10.

We are here told,

I. What good impressions were made upon the people by Ezra's humiliation and confession of sin. No sooner was it noised in the city that their new governor, in whom they rejoiced,…

let us make a covenant&c. Compare other covenants undertaken by the people, e.g. 2Ch 15:12; 2Ch 29:10; 2Ch 34:31-32; Neh 10:29; Jer 34:15.

to put away the wives&c. Either legal divorce or the…