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Ezra 7:27

Blessedbe 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; 2 Chronicles 20:6. Cf. Acts 3:13.

The thanksgiving of Ezra relates to the blessing which had been vouchsafed not to himself personally but to the whole nationality.

hath putinto the heart as in Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 7:5; 1 Kings 10:24.

to beautify This effect of the king's bounty would result from the general grant contained in Ezra 7:14-20. The actual adornment of the Temple had not been specified.

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See also Ezra 7:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED, &C. These two verses (27, 28) resume the Hebrew language....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹותֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (p) 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: (p) Thus Ezra gave thanks to God fo...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Blessed. Here the author beings to write again in Hebrew and in the following verse, Esdras speaks in [the first] person. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 7:27 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 fathers H1 put H5414 (H8804) kings H4428 heart...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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'...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Corinthians 8:16; Ezra 6:22; Hebrews 10:16;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Blessed, &c. — Ezra cannot proceed in his story, without inserting this thankful acknowledgment of God's goodness to him and the people....

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