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An abrupt transition from the words of Artaxerxes to those of Ezra.
Compare a similar abrupt change in Ezra 6:6. The language alters at
the same time from Chaldee to Hebrew, continuing henceforth to b...
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II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_
2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11)
3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
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EZRA 7:27 F. EZRA'S THANKSGIVING. This purports to be in the very
words of Ezra. The narrative is here continued in Hebrew again....
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BLESSED, &C. These two verses (27, 28) resume the Hebrew language....
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_Blessed_be _the Lord God of our fathers_ R.V. BLESSED BE THE LORD,
THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS. A similar phrase occurs in Ezra 8:28; Ezra
10:11. We find it elsewhere in 1 Chronicles 29:18;...
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Ezra's Thanksgiving
Abrupt transition from the letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra's thanks
giving. Compare chap. Ezra 6:8, the transition from the quotation of
Cyrus's decree to the words of Darius.
These...
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3. Ezra's thanksgiving and compliance
TEXT, Ezra 7:27-28
27
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing
as this in the king's heart, to adorn the house of the LORD which i...
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_BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS, WHICH HATH PUT SUCH A THING
AS THIS IN THE KING'S HEART, TO BEAUTIFY THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH
IS IN JERUSALEM:_
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers. Thi...
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BLESSED _be_ THE LORD, etc.] This introduces Ezra's thanksgiving for
the king's letter. His gratitude to God is conspicuous throughout the
passages in this book which proceed directly from him (e.g. E...
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THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM
1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted
to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to
the seventh year of Artaxer...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 7
In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the
people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD. — This is the solitary expression of
Ezra’s private devotion; and it is incorporated with his record in
so artless a manner as to confirm the impression that the whole
narrati...
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בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י
אֲבֹותֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן...
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A KING'S BOUNTY
Ezra 7:19
Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in
Temple service were exonerated from taxation. Full permission was
given to take all voluntary gifts of...
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Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around
the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the
commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
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_Blessed. Here the author beings to write again in Hebrew and in the
following verse, Esdras speaks in [the first] person. (Calmet)_...
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How beautiful is this ascription of praise in the mouth and heart of
Ezra. How lovely is it to see when men have grace to pass by second
causes and look wholly at the first. Joseph's history affords a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS,.... This is Ezra's
thanksgiving to God for the above decree:
WHICH HATH PUT SUCH A THING AS THIS IN THE KING'S HEART; which he
rightly took to be of God, who w...
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Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a
thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD
which [is] in Jerusalem:
Ver. 27. _Blessed be the Lord God_] _De...
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_Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers_, &c. Ezra cannot proceed in
his story without inserting this thankful acknowledgment to God's
goodness to him and the people. _Which hath put such a thing as t...
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1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem.
11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.
27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour.
[THE KINGS LETTER.]
1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
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Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as
this in the king's heart to beautify the house of the Lord which is in
3erusalem, for this assistance aided materially in bringin...
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THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
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EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM
(vv. 1-10)
These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was
and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this,
verses 11 to 26 quoti...
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27,28 Two things Ezra blessed God for: 1. For his commission. If any
good appear in our hearts, or in the hearts of others, we must own
that God put it there, and bless him; it is he that worketh in...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 7:27 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 fathers H1 put
H5414 (H8804) kings H4428 heart...
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EZRA EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION TO YHWH (EZRA 7:27).
From this point on we have a passage (Ezra 7:27 to Ezra 9:15) where
Ezra uses the first person singular in what are often called ‘The
Ezra Memoirs'...
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ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN
THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS
AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
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CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes.
CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think. When mag...
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Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was
of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth
might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
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_Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing
as this in the king’s heart._
KINGS OF PERSIA--NURSING FATHERS OF THE CHURCH
The book of Ezra contains an interesting record of th...
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_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._
THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE
It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect
good men in the exercise...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to
Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see
note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to
establis...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:27 WHO PUT SUCH A THING AS THIS INTO THE HEART
OF THE KING. See note on 1:1. TO BEAUTIFY THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. The
author uses the same terms
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and
concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain
Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
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EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present
decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It
embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1)
Who is Longimanus of the secular history.
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of...
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1 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Ezra 6:22; Hebrews 10:16;...
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Blessed, &c. — Ezra cannot proceed in his story, without inserting
this thankful acknowledgment of God's goodness to him and the people....