Ezra 10:4

Arise,.... From the ground, where he lay prostrate:

for this matter belongeth unto thee; as a priest and scribe of the law, well versed in it, and therefore could direct what was to be done…

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee - By the decree of Artaxerxes, he was authorized to do everything that the law of God required: see Ezr 7:23-28. And all officers were commanded to be aiding…

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,…

The appeal to Ezra.

Arise Not a reference to Ezra's prostration but a summons to energetic action, Jos 1:2; Jdg 4:14; 1Sa 16:12 and often.

forthis matterbelongeth unto thee:] R.V. for the matter &c.…