Verse Ezra 1:4. Whosoever remaineth in any place] Every one was at liberty to go, but none was obliged to go. Thus their attachment to God was tried; he whose heart was right with God went; he who was comfortably settled in Babylon, might go if he chose. Those who did not go, were commanded to assist their brethren who went.
LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM - i. e., “Let the pagan population help him” (see Ezra 1:6). THE FREEWILL OFFERING - Probably that made by Cyrus himself Ezra 1:7....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL AND THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)_ 2. The response of the chiefs of Judah and Benjamin (E...
PART I (Ezra 1-6). THE RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL TO THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE. Ezra 1:1. The Edict of Cyrus._ Cf._ 2 Chronicles 36:22 f., where Ezra 1:1_ a_ is reproduced almost verbally. These vers...
WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH. A better translation is: "Whosoever still is left in any place where he has sojourned." Wherever any of these Jewish sojourners are found, let the...
WHOSOEVER [of the captive people] remameth in any place, &c. Note the Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ REMAINETH. is left. THE MEN OF HIS PLACE: i.e. his Persian neighbours. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (wit...
Ezra 1:1-4. The Decree of Cyrus The history of the time throws light upon the action of Cyrus, whose Decree gave life to the seemingly lifeless bones of Israel (Ezekiel 37) and restored the scattered...
_And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth_ R.V. AND WHOSOEVER IS LEFT, IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH. The wording of this clause is a little ambiguous. The following paraphrase will...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT I. The Captives Return Under Zerubbabel (Ezra 1:1 to Ezra 2:70) A. Authority is given by King Cyrus, and the captives who wish to return to Israel. 1. Cyrus issues a...
_AND WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH, LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM WITH SILVER, AND WITH GOLD, AND WITH GOODS, AND WITH BEASTS, BESIDE THE FREEWILL OFFERING FOR THE HOUSE OF...
THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM CAPTIVITY The chapter narrates how Cyrus, king of Persia, permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple there, and restored the vessels taken...
WHOSOEVER REMAINETH] RV 'whosoever' (of the captive people) 'is left' (cp. Nehemiah 1:2), there being an allusion to the remnant of Israel. THE MEN OF HIS PLACE] i.e. his Babylonian neighbours (Ezra...
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF EZRA There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the number of years before the time that Jesus Christ was born...
I. THE FIRST RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL. (1-4) The decree of Cyrus: marking an epoch of very great importance, and therefore repeated almost word for word from the end of Chronicles. (1) THE FIRST YEAR....
וְ כָל ־הַ נִּשְׁאָ֗ר מִֽ כָּל ־הַ
THE ROYAL EDICT Ezra 1:2; Ezra 1:7 IT has been asserted that the Scripture version of the edict of Cyrus cannot be an exact rendering of the original, because it ascribes to the Great King some knowl...
GOD'S PROMISES FULFILLED Ezra 1:1 God will ever be mindful of His covenant. There were also many remembrancers as Daniel and other like-minded exiles who gave Him no rest and were ever asking Him for...
The Book of Ezra contains an account of a most important epoch in the history of the people of God. After seventy years of captivity, a return from captivity was made possible by the decree of a Genti...
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, (e) let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, (f) beside the freewill offering for the ho...
Rest, who do not please to return. The Jews went at different times, and under the different leaders, Zorobabel, Esdras, and Nehemias. Many did not return at all. Cyrus allowed them full liberty. He p...
I think it is probable that some of the Lord's hidden ones might have painted out to Cyrus what the Lord's prophet Isaiah had predicted concerning him. But that Cyrus knew nothing of the Lord in a way...
But God now brings back a little remnant, that the true King might be presented to them, and causes the temple to be rebuilt in its place, according to the promises given by the mouth of Jeremiah, and...
AND WHOSOEVER REMAINETH IN ANY PLACE WHERE HE SOJOURNETH,.... Is left behind, and cannot go up through poverty, not having a sufficiency to bear his charges in his journey to Jerusalem: LET THE MEN O...
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of G...
_Whosoever remaineth in any place where be sojourneth_, &c. This seems to relate to such as were desirous to go up with their brethren, but were forced to stay behind for want of necessaries to suppor...
[ISRAELS RETURNE FROM BABYLON.] 1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the Temple. 5 The people prouide for the returne. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the Temple to Sheshbazzar. 1 NOW i...
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, having settled down according to the advice of the Lord by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 29:4, LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM WITH SILVER, AND WITH GO...
THE PROCLAMATION OF CYRUS...
THE CAPTIVES OF JUDAH LIBERATED (vv. 1-11) When the Medes and Persians defeated Babylon, Darius the Mede was ruler, and not until Cyrus the Persian took the throne was liberty proclaimed to Judah. T...
HELP HIM: _ Heb._ lift him up...
1-4 The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus. The hearts of kings are in the hand of the Lord. God governs the world by his influence on the spirits of men; whatever good they do, God stirs up their s...
WHOSOEVER REMAINETH; who, when his brethren were gone up, was desirous to go with them, but forced to tarry there for want of necessaries for his journey. LET THE MEN OF HIS PLACE HELP HIM; I require...
Ezra 1:4 left H7604 (H8737) place H4725 dwells H1481 (H8802) men H582 place H4725 help H5375 ...
THE EDICT OF CYRUS AND ITS RESULT (EZRA 1:1). In 538 BC Cyrus issued an edict allowing Jews to return to their homeland, and authorising the rebuilding of the Temple with state help. The wording of th...
THE EDICT OF CYRUS (EZRA 1:1). Ezra 1:1 ‘Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king...
CONTENTS: Decree of Cyrus for restoration of the temple and preparations for the return of the remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Cyrus, Sheshbazzar, Mithredath. CONCLUSION: (Ezra 1:1) The hearts of kings ar...
Ezra 1:1. _In the first year of Cyrus._ Darius had the title of king of Babylon; but according to Xenophon, Cyrus had the throne, and remained in the city. After two years Darius died, and left him th...
_Let the men of the place help him with silver._ SPONTANEOUS OFFERING “Not many years since,” writes a clergyman, “I had occasion to solicit funds to aid in the prosecution of a work of benevolence....
_Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord._ THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CAPTIVITY The captivity is clearly represented as God’s judgment upon His people for their sins, but...
EZRA 1:1 Cyrus’s Decree and the Return of Exiles from Babylon. Ezra describes monumental political changes in the world as God’s special work for his people. ⇐...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 1:3 HE IS THE GOD WHO IS IN JERUSALEM. No doubt this is Cyrus’s real view, although he is not necessarily claiming there is only one God (compare Darius’s statement in...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have (i.) the proclamation of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); (ii.) the preparation of the Jews for availing themselves of it (Ezra 1:5) and (iii.) the restoratio...
PART 1 1. THE FIRST RETURN FROM THE CAPTIVITY EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF CYRUS (Ezra 1:1). The origin of the return is found in an exertion of Divine influence on the mind of a heathen king, who was mo
Let's turn now to the book of Ezra. The book of Ezra, the first part was probably written by Ezra but written from the records. Actually at the time that Cyrus gave the decree to build the temple, Ezr...
1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 3 John 1:6;...