Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And also let the golden and silver vessels,.... See Ezra 1:7 and which confirms what the Jews said to Tatnai, Ezra 5:14.

Geneva Study Bible

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and ^b brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.

(b) Meaning Zerubbabel to whom he gives charge.

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 6:5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God.

Ver. 5. And also let the golden and silver vessels] This was decreed, and this was done accordingly, Ezra 1:7-8. Let good resolutions be put in execution; purpose without performance is like a cloud without rain; and not unlike Hercules’s club in the tragedy, of a great bulk, but stuffed with moss and rubbish.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be restored to Sheshbazzar; for this is part of Cyrus’s decree, (which is here recited,) and not Darius’s, which does not begin till the next verse.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

5.Vessels — Compare Ezra 1:7-11.

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 6:5. And place them in the house of God — Thus far the decree of Cyrus is recited, which justified all the allegations of the Jews in the foregoing chapter. In the next verse the decree of Darius thereupon appears to begin.

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Placed formerly, before the destruction of the temple. Protestants, "and place them in the house of God."

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

vessels. Compare Ezra 1:7.

is = was.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(5) And also let the golden and silver vessels . . . be restored.—The desecration of these vessels by Belshazzar (Daniel 5:2-3) was thus to be expiated. Every word, including the twice repeated “house of God,” is most emphatic.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

the golden

1:7,8; 5:14; Jeremiah 27:16,18-22; Daniel 1:2; 5:2

which Nebuchadnezzar

2 Kings 24:13; 25:14,15; 2 Chronicles 36:6,7,10,18; Jeremiah 52:19

brought

Chal. go.

Reciprocal: 2 Timothy 2:20 - vessels