Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 9:4

4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel , because of the transgression of those that had been carried away , and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice .

To joyn with me both in lamenting the sin, and in indeavouring the redress of it.

i. e. Who stood in awe of God, & of his Word, & durst not violate his commands; or who feared his threatnings against those that did so, and trembled for fear of God's Judgments upon them, and upon the whole Land for their sakes, as the following words imply. Compare Isa 66. 2, 5.

To wit, into Captivity, and were safely returned from it, and yet were not reformed either by their former affliction, or by their latter deliverance.

When the People used to Assemble together. See Psal. 141. 2. Acts 3. 1.