And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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Gill's Exposition
And hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes,.... Before Artaxerxes, his seven counsellors, Ezr 7:14 and the nobles of his realm, in…
Barnes' Notes
Banishment - literally, as in the margin. Separation from the congregation is probably intended (compare Ezr 10:8).
Adam Clarke
Whether it be unto death - These include almost every species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any civilized state.
With this verse the Chaldee part of this chapter ends.
We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample and full, and beyond what could have been expected.…
Cambridge Bible
Penalty for Contumacy.
whosoever will not do i.e. whoever of the Israelite race or of those that had attached themselves to the Jewish religion.
speedily R.V. with all diligence.
death … banishment ……
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