the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Ezra 8:22
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Karena aku malu meminta tentara dan orang-orang berkuda kepada raja untuk mengawal kami terhadap musuh di jalan; sebab kami telah berkata kepada raja, demikian: "Tangan Allah kami melindungi semua orang yang mencari Dia demi keselamatan mereka, tetapi kuasa murka-Nya menimpa semua orang yang meninggalkan Dia."
Karena malulah aku meminta kepada baginda barang tentara dan orang berkendaraan akan menolong kami dari pada segala musuh di jalan, tegal kami sudah bersembah kepada baginda demikian: Bahwa tangan Allah kami adalah dengan baiknya atas segala orang yang mencahari Dia, tetapi kuasa-Nya dan murka-Nya melawan segala orang yang meninggalkan Dia.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I was ashamed: 1 Corinthians 9:15, 2 Corinthians 7:14
The hand: Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:9, Ezra 7:28, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 33:19, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 34:22, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Lamentations 3:25, Romans 8:28, 1 Peter 3:12
his power and his wrath: Joshua 23:16, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9, Psalms 34:16, Psalms 90:11, Zephaniah 1:2-6, Hebrews 10:38, 1 Peter 3:12
Reciprocal: Joshua 24:20 - he will turn Ezra 3:3 - for fear Ezra 5:5 - But the eye Ezra 8:18 - by the good hand Ezra 8:30 - the house of our God Ezra 8:31 - the hand Nehemiah 2:7 - that they may Nehemiah 2:9 - Now the Proverbs 3:6 - In Isaiah 44:8 - ye are Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 66:14 - the hand
Cross-References
And agayne he sent foort a Doue from him, that he myght see yf the waters were abated from the vpper face of the grounde.
And the Doue founde no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the arke, for the waters [were] in the vpper face of the whole earth, Then he put foorth his hande, & tooke her, and pulled her to him into the arke.
And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth.
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and sent foorth the Doue, whiche returned not vnto him any more.
Go foorth of the arke, thou, and thy wife, thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
And Noah builded an aulter vnto ye Lorde, and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, & offred burnt offering on the aulter
For this is the seconde yere of dearth in the lande, and fiue more are behinde, in the whiche there shall neyther be earyng nor haruest.
Sixe dayes thou shalt worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, both from earyng and reapyng.
They thinke not in their heartes, O let vs feare the Lord our God, who geueth vs raine early and late when nede is, whiche kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yerely.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For I was ashamed to require of the kings band of soldiers and horsemen,.... Which he might have had, only asking for them; so great was the interest he had in the king's favour:
to help us against the enemy in the way; the Arabs, Samaritans, and others, that might lie in wait for them, to rob them of their substance:
because we had spoken unto the king: of the special favour of God to them, his singular providence in the protection of them:
saying, the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; that pray unto him, serve and worship him; his hand is open to them to bestow all needful good upon them, temporal and spiritual, and his power and providence are over them, to protect and defend them from all evil:
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him; his word, his ways and worship; his powerful wrath, or the strength and force of it, is exerted against them and they are sure to feel the weight and dreadful effects of it: and now all this being said to the king, after this, to desire a guard to protect them, it would look as if they had not that favour in the sight of God, and did not believe what they had said, but distrusted his power and providence towards them; therefore, rather than reflect any dishonour on God, they chose to expose themselves to danger, seeking his face and favour, and relying on his goodness and power.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What “enemy” menaced Ezra, and on what account, is wholly uncertain (compare Ezra 8:31). Perhaps robber-tribes, Arab or Syrian, were his opponents.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. I was ashamed to require - a band — He had represented God, the object of his worship, as supremely powerful, and as having the strongest affection for his true followers: he could not, therefore, consistently with his declarations, ask a band of soldiers from the king to protect them on the way, when they were going expressly to rebuild the temple of Jehovah, and restore his worship. He therefore found it necessary to seek the Lord by fasting and prayer, that they might have from Him those succours without which they might become a prey to their enemies; and then the religion which they professed would be considered by the heathen as false and vain. Thus we see that this good man had more anxiety for the glory of God than for his own personal safety.
