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Ezra 5:11

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, the one whom they considered not only the highest, but the only true God, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, rebuilding the Temple of Solomon, which a great king of Israel builded and set up, 1 Kings 6:1.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 11. _WE ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN_] How simple, plain, and ingenuous is this confession! They were the servants of the God of heaven. How came they then into bondage! Why, they _prov...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1)_ 2. The result of their ministry (Ezra 5:2) 3. Tatnai's interference (Ezra 5:3) 4. The letter to Darius ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA 4:24 TO EZRA 5:17. The narrative which was broken off at the end of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536- 520 B.C.; in 516, however, it is said that the building had...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE GOD OF HEAVEN. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23. GOD. Chaldee. _'elah._ Same as Eloah. App-4. THESE MANY YEARS AGO. Neh 500 years. AND SET UP. Compare 1 Kings 6:1....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth_ The words of this profession are very emphatic in the original. _the God of heaven and earth_ i.e. the God not of one kingdom only, but of the who...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. A letter is sent to clarify the situation. TEXT, EZRA 5:6-17 6 This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleague...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN ASKED WE THOSE ELDERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM THUS, WHO COMMANDED YOU TO BUILD THIS HOUSE, AND TO MAKE UP THESE WALLS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE RECOMMENCED This chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the Temple, and recites a letter from the Persian officials in Judæa to the Persian court to enqui...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Haggai and Zechariah (a *descendant of Iddo) were *prophets. They spoke messages from the God of Israel to the *Jews who were in Jud...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THUS THEY RETURNED US ANSWER. — The elders of the Jews take the Syrian satrap into their confidence, and give, in a few most pathetic words the record of their national honour, their national infi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ כְנֵ֥מָא פִתְגָמָ֖א הֲתִיב֣וּנָא לְ מֵמַ֑ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:1 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MISSION OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH Ezra 5:1 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders of the people had to meet, and how much they needed the hel...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A study of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah makes it perfectly evident that the cessation of the work of building was unworthy of the men who had commenced. Judged by all human standards they co...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a (d) great king of Israel builded and se...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord overruled the inditing of it. When a man's ways please the Lord...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Whatever happens, they have to go through that which puts faith to the proof; but their path is ordered by the will of God, and their faith relies upon Him. In this case they had to wait; but God's ti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THUS THEY RETURNED US ANSWER,.... To the purpose and in the manner following: SAYING, WE ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; signifying that they were doing his work, in obedience to...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth_ The God we worship is not a local deity; and therefore we cannot be charged with making a faction, or forming a sect in building this temple to his...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Zerubbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai and Zacharie, set forward the building of the Temple. 3 Tatnai and Shether Boznai could not hinder the Iewes. 6 Their letter to Darius against the Iewes...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED (vv. 1-5) The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to speak in His name to the Jews in Judah and Je...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    3-17 While employed in God's work, we are under his special protection; his eye is upon us for good. This should keep us to our duty, and encourage us therein, when difficulties are ever so discourag...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 5:11 thus H3660 returned H8421 (H8684) answer H6600 saying H560 (H8749) We H586 are H1994 servants...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PERSIAN GOVERNOR WRITES TO KING DARIUS CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND THE STATEMENT OF THE ELDERS CONCERNING THEIR CASE (EZRA 5:6). It should be noted how deliberately the writer gives...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Encouragement of the prophets and the work resumed. CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Haggai, Zechariah, Jeshua, Tattenai, Darius, Shethar-bozenai. CONCLUSION: It is a sign that God has mercy in sto...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezra 5:4. _Then said we._ Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.” Ezra 5:16. _Since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished._ The chronology of the Persian empire...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The copy of the letter that Tatnai._ THE LETTER OF THE KING CONCERNING THE WORK This letter has three chief divisions. I. The inquisition of the Persian authorities. II. The reply of the Jewish l...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA 5:1 The Work Is Resumed, and Local Officials Seek Confirm­ation of Cyrus’s Decree. After a period of inactivity, the leaders resume work on rebuilding the temple, and provincial officials inquire...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:6 Verse Ezra 5:6 introduces the COPY OF THE LETTER sent by TATTENAI and SHETHAR-BOZENAI to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:11 The letter writers probably got their information from the returned exiles themselves, since it reflects their understanding of the situation. Instead of giving their actual nam...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets (Ezra 5:1). ii. The workers interrogated by the Persian authorities west of the Euphrat...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN. LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So it tells us here in chapter five, The prophet Haggai, and the prophet Zechariah, they prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel. Then rose up Zerub...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1; Acts 27:23; Daniel 3:26; Galatians 6:1

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