Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezra 5:5
They could not cause them to cease; because God overruled their hearts and hands, that they did not hinder them by force, as they could have done.
They could not cause them to cease; because God overruled their hearts and hands, that they did not hinder them by force, as they could have done.
Verse Ezra 5:5. _THE EYE OF THEIR GOD WAS UPON THE ELDERS_] The _watchful_ _care_ of God was upon the elders. They were assured of his _favour_; and they found his especial _providence_ working in the...
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 ...
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...
THE EYE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. elders. Chaldee. _sib_. grey, hoary. Used only of Ezra here and Ezra 6:7; Ezra 6:8; Ezra 6:14. DARIUS. See note on...
_But the eye of their God_ Cf. Deuteronomy 11:12, -a land which God careth for; the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it"; Psalms 33:18, -The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him"; Psalms...
_VER._ 5. _BUT THE EYE OF THEIR GOD,_ &C.— i.e. The peculiar favour, good providence, and protection of God. Houbigant renders the last clause of the preceding verse thus: _these are the names of the...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. The work is resumed by the reign of Darius. 1. The work gets under way. TEXT, EZRA 5:1-5 1 When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, p...
_BUT THE EYE OF THEIR GOD WAS UPON THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS, THAT THEY COULD NOT CAUSE THEM TO CEASE, TILL THE MATTER CAME TO DARIUS: AND THEN THEY RETURNED ANSWER BY LETTER CONCERNING THIS MATTER._ Bu...
THEY COULD NOT CAUSE THEM TO CEASE] Tatnai could not venture to arrest a work which was alleged to have the sanction of Cyrus (Ezra 5:13), though he cautiously sent to Persia to have the statement ver...
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...
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...
(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius....
AND THEN THEY RETURNED ANSWER. — _And [till] they should receive answer._ It is implied that “the eye of their God” was with special vigilance fixed on the work, and it will appear that His influence...
וְ עֵ֣ין אֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם הֲוָת֙ עַל ־שָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּ
ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student. This...
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...
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...
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...
But the (c) eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter]....
Ancients. Septuagint, "captivity of Juda." (Haydock) --- Divine Providence favoured the undertaking. (Delrio adag. 216.) (Menochius) (Psalm xxxii. 18.) --- His eye sometimes threatens ruin, Amos ix. 8...
I think it an object of considerable moment to remark on this part of the history, that the enemies of Israel made no interruption to their building houses for themselves, though this was contrary to...
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...
BUT THE EYE OF THEIR GOD WAS UPON THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS,.... He in his providence looked favourably at them, smiled upon them, encouraged them in the work by his good Spirit, and by the prophets, and...
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter]. Ve...
_But the eye of God was upon the elders_, &c. The peculiar favour, watchful providence, and powerful protection of God, giving them courage and resolution to go on with the work, notwithstanding the t...
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...
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, who might naturally have been overawed by the coming of these high officials and been inclined to give up their project in sheer terror, THAT...
THE ZEAL OF THE PEOPLE AROUSED...
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...
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...
Ezra 5:5 eye H5870 God H426 was H1934 (H8754) upon H5922 elders H7868 (H8750) Jews H3062 not...
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...
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...
_At the same time came to them Tatntia._ THE GREAT WORK INVESTIGATED AND CONTINUED The sacred work investigated by the secular authorities. 1. The nature of the investigation. 2. The spirit of the...
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...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:3 The officials TATTENAI and SHETHAR-BOZENAI are much more neutral than the officials in Ezra 4:8. Clearly they have no knowledg
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...
EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN. LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ...
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...
1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 7:6;...