Chapter 5:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Ezra 5
Concise Complete
The leaders forward the building of the temple. (1,2)
letter against the Jews. (3-17)
Verses 1-2 The
building of the temple was stopped about fifteen years. Then they had two good
ministers, who urged them to go on with the work. It is a sign that God has
mercy in store for a people, when he raises up prophets to be helpers in the way
and work of God, as guides, overseers, and rulers. In Haggai, we see what great
things God does by his word, which he magnifies above all his name, and by his
Spirit working with it.
Verses 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 discouraging. The elders of the Jews gave the
Samaritans an account of their proceedings. Let us learn hence, with meekness
and fear, to give a reason of the hope that is in us; let us rightly understand,
and then readily declare, what we do in God's service, and why we do it. And
while in this world, we always shall have to confess, that our sins have
provoked the wrath of God. All our sufferings spring from thence, and all our
comforts from his unmerited mercy. However the work may seem to be hindered, yet
the Lord Jesus Christ is carrying it on, his people are growing unto a holy
temple in the Lord, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Chapter 5:
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| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
