Ezra 10:27Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
The setting
Jerusalem, 458 BC. The Zattu clan, prominent returnees from Babylon, now publicly divorcing wives they married during exile. Children crying as families split.
The emotion here: witnessing community trauma while faithfully documenting necessary pain
The original word
shem (שֵׁם) — name, but here recording names for posterity and accountability
Why it matters
The Zattu clan had 945 members return from Babylon - this affected hundreds of people
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezra 10:27
These weren't just individual choices - entire extended families were watching their relatives comply
Common misconceptionModern readers think this was easy legalism, but these were real men losing wives they'd loved for decades and children they'd raised. The grief was overwhelming.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Ezra 10:27
Bible Genome reading
Ezra 10:27 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezra 10:27 comes from the book of Ezra, written during the Post-Exile period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the genealogy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include covenant faithfulness, separation, restoration. Notable phrases: sons of Zattu.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
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