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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
p...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius....
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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...
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וְ עֵ֣ין אֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם הֲוָת֙ עַל
־שָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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]....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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THE ZEAL OF THE PEOPLE AROUSED...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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EXPOSITION
RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN. LETTER
WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ...
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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...
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1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 7:6;...