Ezra 9:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Dan sekarang, baru saja kami alami kasih karunia dari pada TUHAN, Allah kami yang meninggalkan pada kami orang-orang yang terluput, dan memberi kami tempat menetap di tempat-Nya yang kudus, sehingga Allah kami membuat mata kami bercahaya dan memberi kami sedikit kelegaan di dalam perbudakan kami.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan sekarang, baru saja kami alami kasih karunia dari pada TUHAN, Allah kami yang meninggalkan pada kami orang-orang yang terluput, dan memberi kami tempat menetap di tempat-Nya yang kudus, sehingga Allah kami membuat mata kami bercahaya dan memberi kami sedikit kelegaan di dalam perbudakan kami.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sekarang, kira-kira sesaat jua, berlakulah rahmat dari pada Tuhan, Allah kami, hendak meluputkan beberapa orang kami yang lagi tinggal dan mengaruniakan kami sebuah pasak di dalam tempatnya yang suci itu, hendak menerangkan mata kami, ya Allah kami! dan hendak menghidupi kami sedikit pula di dalam hal perhambaan kami!

Contextual Overview

⁵ And about the euening sacrifice I arose vp from my heauinesse, and rent my clothes and my rayment, and fell vpon my knees, and spread out my handes vnto the Lorde my God, ⁶ And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen. ⁷ Since the time of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this day, and because of our wickednesses haue we and our kinges and our priestes ben deliuered into the hande of the kinges of the nations, vnto the sworde, into captiuitie, into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as it is to see this day. ⁸ And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God, in causing a remnaunt to escape, and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage: ⁹ For we were bondmen, and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia, to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God, and to redresse the desolation therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem. ¹⁰ And nowe O our God, what shall we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commaundementes, ¹¹ Whiche thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes, saying: The lande vnto which ye go to possesse, it is an vncleane lande, because of the filthinesse of the people of the landes, whiche with their abhominations haue made it full of vncleannesse on euery syde. ¹² Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace and wealth for euer: that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande, and that ye and your children may haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore. ¹³ And after that all these thinges are come vpon vs because of our euyll deedes and great trespasses, seyng that thou our God hast stayed vs from beyng beneath for our iniquities, and hast geuen vs such deliuerance: ¹⁴ Shoulde we returne to breake thy commaundementes, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of these abhominations? wouldest not thou be angry towardes vs till thou hadst consumed vs, so that there should be no remnaunt, nor any escaping?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

little space: Heb. moment

grace hath: Ezra 9:9, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 9:31, Habakkuk 3:2

a remnant: Ezra 9:14, 2 Kings 19:4, 2 Kings 19:30, 2 Kings 19:31, Isaiah 1:9, Jeremiah 42:2, Jeremiah 44:14, Ezekiel 6:8, Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 14:22, Zechariah 8:6, Zechariah 8:12, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:6

a nail: or a pin, i.e. a constant and sure abode, Ecclesiastes 12:11, Isaiah 22:23-25, Zechariah 10:4

in his holy place: Isaiah 56:5, Revelation 3:12

lighten: 1 Samuel 14:27, 1 Samuel 14:29, Job 33:30, Psalms 13:3, Psalms 34:5

reviving: Psalms 85:6, Psalms 138:7, Isaiah 57:15, Ezekiel 37:11-14, Hosea 6:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 27:19 - all the pins thereof Exodus 38:20 - the pins Ezra 2:64 - forty Nehemiah 1:2 - that had escaped Proverbs 15:30 - light Isaiah 14:3 - General Lamentations 3:22 - of Micah 7:19 - turn

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now, for a little space, grace hath been showed from the Lord our God,.... It was but a small time since the Lord first began to show favour to them, so that they soon after began to revolt from him; which argued the strange propensity of their minds to that which is evil, and from which they could not be restrained by the recent goodness of God unto them:

to leave us a remnant to escape; out of captivity, from whence a small number were graciously and safely returned to their own land:

and to give us a nail in his holy place; a fixed settlement in the land of Judea, the holy land the Lord had chosen, and in the temple, the holy place sacred to his worship; or a prince of their own, Zerubbabel, to be the governor of them, under whom they might enjoy settled happiness and prosperity, see Isaiah 22:23,

that our God may lighten our eyes; refresh our spirits, cheer our souls, and give us light and gladness, see 1 Samuel 14:27

and give us a little reviving in our bondage; for they were still in some degree of bondage, being in subjection, and tributaries to the kings of Persia; but yet being returned to their own land, it was as life from the dead unto them, at least it was giving them a little life, liberty, and joy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “little space” was above 60 years, counting from the second year of Darius Ezra 4:24, or about 80 years, counting from the first year of Cyrus Ezra 1:1. This does not seem to Ezra much in the “lifetime” of a nation.

A remnant to escape - Rather, “a remnant that has escaped.” The “remnant” is the new community that has returned from the captivity.

A nail - Compare the marginal note and reference. The metaphor is probably drawn from a tent-pin, which is driven into the earth to make the tent firm and secure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 9:8. And now for a little space — This interval in which they were returning from servitude to their own land.

Grace hath been showed] God has disposed the hearts of the Persian kings to publish edicts in our favour.

To leave us a remnant to escape — The ten tribes are gone irrecoverably into captivity; a great part even of Judah and Benjamin had continued beyond the Euphrates: so that Ezra might well say, there was but a remnant which had escaped.

A nail in his holy place — Even so much ground as to fix our tent-poles in.

May lighten our eyes — To give us a thorough knowledge of ourselves and of our highest interest, and to enable us to re-establish his worship, is the reason why God has brought us back to this place.

A little reviving — We were perishing, and our hopes were almost dead; and, because of our sins, we were sentenced to death: but God in his great mercy has given us a new trial; and he begins with little, to see if we will make a wise and faithful use of it.