Chapter 7:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Chronicles Nehemiah
Ezra 7
Concise Complete
Ezra goes up to Jerusalem. (1-10) The commission to Ezra.
(11-26) Ezra blesses God for his favour. (27,28)
Verses 1-10 Ezra
went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind
to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to
serve his country. When he went, many went with him; he obtained favour from his
king, by the Divine favour. Every creature is that to us, which God makes it to
be. We must see the hand of God in the events that befal us, and acknowledge him
with thankfulness.
Verses 11-26 The
liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the
conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the
covetousness of wealthy professed Christians, who will not promote the cause of
God. But the weapons of Christian ministers are not carnal. Faithful preaching,
holy lives, fervent prayers, and patient suffering when called to it, are the
means to bring men into obedience to Christ.
Verses 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 us, both to will and to do that which is good. 2.
For his encouragement: God has extended mercy to me. Ezra was a man of courage,
yet he ascribed this not to his own heart, but to God's hand. If God give us his
hand, we are bold and cheerful; if he withdraw it, we are weak as water.
Whatever we are enabled to do for God and those around us, God must have all the
glory.
Chapter 7:
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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
