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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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CARRY THEM INTO. set them down, or deposit them in.
IS. is to be....
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2. A letter is sent to clarify the situation.
TEXT, EZRA 5:6-17
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This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the
province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleague...
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_AND SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE THESE VESSELS, GO, CARRY THEM INTO THE TEMPLE
THAT IS IN JERUSALEM, AND LET THE HOUSE OF GOD BE BUILDED IN HIS
PLACE._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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וַ אֲמַר ־לֵ֓הּ׀ _אֵ֚ל_† מָֽאנַיָּ֔א
שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל...
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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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The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though
they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord
overruled the inditing of it. When a man's ways please the Lord...
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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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Ezra 5:14....
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And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple
that [is] in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his
place.
Ver. 15. _Take these vessels, go, carry them_] Go thyse...
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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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The Letter of Inquiry Directed To Darius...
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and said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the Temple
that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his
place. So the fact that Cyrus himself had expressly ordered the
b...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 5:15 said H560 (H8754) Take H5376 (H8747) these H412 articles
H3984 go H236 (H8747) carry...
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THE PERSIAN GOVERNOR WRITES TO KING DARIUS CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF
THE TEMPLE AND THE STATEMENT OF THE ELDERS CONCERNING THEIR CASE (EZRA
5:6).
It should be noted how deliberately the writer gives...
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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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_The copy of the letter that Tatnai._
THE LETTER OF THE KING CONCERNING THE WORK
This letter has three chief divisions.
I. The inquisition of the Persian authorities.
II. The reply of the Jewish l...
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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 5:6 Verse Ezra 5:6 introduces the COPY OF THE
LETTER sent by TATTENAI and SHETHAR-BOZENAI to...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:13 These verses repeat information given in Ezra
1:2. The text stops short of claiming that Cyrus had also commanded
that the rebuilding be funded by donations from places in Babyl...
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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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Ezra 1:2; Ezra 3:3; Ezra 6:3...