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Verse Ezra 1:4. _WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE_] Every one was at
liberty to go, but none was obliged to go. Thus their attachment to
God was tried; he whose heart was right with God went; he who w...
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LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM - i. e., “Let the pagan population
help him” (see Ezra 1:6).
THE FREEWILL OFFERING - Probably that made by Cyrus himself Ezra 1:7....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_
2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
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PART I (Ezra 1-6). THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL TO THE COMPLETION OF
THE TEMPLE.
Ezra 1:1. The Edict of Cyrus._ Cf._ 2 Chronicles 36:22 f., where Ezra
1:1_ a_ is reproduced almost verbally. These vers...
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WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH.
A better translation is: "Whosoever still is left in any place where
he has sojourned." Wherever any of these Jewish sojourners are found,
let the...
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WHOSOEVER [of the captive people] remameth in any place, &c. Note the
Figure of speech _Ellipsis._
REMAINETH. is left.
THE MEN OF HIS PLACE: i.e. his Persian neighbours.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (wit...
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_And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth_ R.V. AND
WHOSOEVER IS LEFT, IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH. The wording of
this clause is a little ambiguous. The following paraphrase will...
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Ezra 1:1-4. The Decree of Cyrus
The history of the time throws light upon the action of Cyrus, whose
Decree gave life to the seemingly lifeless bones of Israel (Ezekiel
37) and restored the scattered...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
I. The Captives Return Under Zerubbabel (Ezra 1:1 to Ezra 2:70)
A. Authority is given by King Cyrus, and the captives who wish to
return to Israel.
1. Cyrus issues a...
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_AND WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH, LET THE MEN
OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM WITH SILVER, AND WITH GOLD, AND WITH GOODS, AND
WITH BEASTS, BESIDE THE FREEWILL OFFERING FOR THE HOUSE OF...
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THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY
The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in
Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and
restored the vessels taken...
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WHOSOEVER REMAINETH] RV 'whosoever' (of the captive people) 'is left'
(cp. Nehemiah 1:2), there being an allusion to the remnant of Israel.
THE MEN OF HIS PLACE] i.e. his Babylonian neighbours (Ezra...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA
There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the
number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
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I. THE FIRST RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL.
(1-4) The decree of Cyrus: marking an epoch of very great importance,
and therefore repeated almost word for word from the end of
Chronicles.
(1) THE FIRST YEAR....
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וְ כָל ־הַ נִּשְׁאָ֗ר מִֽ כָּל ־הַ
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THE ROYAL EDICT
Ezra 1:2; Ezra 1:7
IT has been asserted that the Scripture version of the edict of Cyrus
cannot be an exact rendering of the original, because it ascribes to
the Great King some knowl...
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GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED
Ezra 1:1
God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many
remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no
rest and were ever asking Him for...
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The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the
history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a
return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
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And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, (e) let the
men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,
and with beasts, (f) beside the freewill offering for the ho...
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Rest, who do not please to return. The Jews went at different times,
and under the different leaders, Zorobabel, Esdras, and Nehemias. Many
did not return at all. Cyrus allowed them full liberty. He p...
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I think it is probable that some of the Lord's hidden ones might have
painted out to Cyrus what the Lord's prophet Isaiah had predicted
concerning him. But that Cyrus knew nothing of the Lord in a way...
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But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be
presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place,
according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
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AND WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH,.... Is left
behind, and cannot go up through poverty, not having a sufficiency to
bear his charges in his journey to Jerusalem:
LET THE MEN O...
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And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men
of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and
with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of G...
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_Whosoever remaineth in any place where be sojourneth_, &c. This seems
to relate to such as were desirous to go up with their brethren, but
were forced to stay behind for want of necessaries to suppor...
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[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.]
1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple.
5 The people prouide for the returne.
7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar.
1 NOW i...
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And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, having
settled down according to the advice of the Lord by Jeremiah, Jeremiah
29:4, LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM WITH SILVER, AND WITH GO...
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THE PROCLAMATION OF CYRUS...
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THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED
(vv. 1-11)
When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was
ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty
proclaimed to Judah. T...
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HELP HIM:
_ Heb._ lift him up...
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1-4 The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus. The hearts of kings are
in the hand of the Lord. God governs the world by his influence on the
spirits of men; whatever good they do, God stirs up their s...
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WHOSOEVER REMAINETH; who, when his brethren were gone up, was desirous
to go with them, but forced to tarry there for want of necessaries for
his journey. LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM; I require...
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THE EDICT OF CYRUS (EZRA 1:1).
Ezra 1:1
‘Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of
YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, YHWH stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king...
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THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1).
In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their
homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state
help. The wording of th...
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CONTENTS: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and
preparations for the return of the remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath.
CONCLUSION: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings ar...
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Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king
of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and
remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
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_Let the men of the place help him with silver._
SPONTANEOUS OFFERING
“Not many years since,” writes a clergyman, “I had occasion to
solicit funds to aid in the prosecution of a work of benevolence....
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_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
Lord._
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY
The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His
people for their sins, but...
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EZRA 1:1 Cyrus’s Decree and the Return of Exiles from Babylon. Ezra
describes monumental political changes in the world as God’s special
work for his people.
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 1:3 HE IS THE GOD WHO IS IN JERUSALEM. No doubt
this is Cyrus’s real view, although he is not necessarily claiming
there is only one God (compare Darius’s statement in...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the
proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews
for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
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PART 1
1. THE FIRST RETURN FROM THE CAPTIVITY
EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF CYRUS (Ezra 1:1). The origin of the return is found in
an exertion of Divine influence on the mind of a heathen king, who was
mo
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Let's turn now to the book of Ezra.
The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but
written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the
decree to build the temple, Ezr...
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1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 3 John 1:6;...