Ezr 1, Isa 40:2, Dan 9:2-27, 12:9, 12-13, Act 1:7, Gal 4:4 | TSK | STEP | The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple. The people provide for their return. Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar. Now in the. Cyrus.Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel. by the mouth. the Lord. made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.

Ezra 1

deeds.

20:34; 24:27; 25:26; 26:22; 32:32; 33:19; 2Ki 10:34; 16:19; 20:20

2Ki 21:25

1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple.

5 The people provide for their return.

7 Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar.

Now in the.

2Ch 36:22,23

Cyrus.Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses, king of Persia, and Mandane, daughter of Astyages, king of Media: he was born about 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.

by the mouth.

Jer 25:12-14; 29:10; 33:7-13

the Lord.

5:13-15; 6:22; 7:27; Ps 106:46; Pr 21:1; Da 2:1

made a proclamation. Heb. caused a voice to pass.

Mt 3:1-3; Joh 1:23

Lord God.

1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:12; Isa 66:1; Jer 10:11; Da 2:21,28; 5:23

hath given.

Jer 27:6,7; Da 2:37,38; 4:25,32; 5:19-21

all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28; 45:1,12,13

his God.

Jos 1:9; 1Ch 28:20; Mt 28:20

he is the God.

De 32:31; Ps 83:18; Isa 45:5; Jer 10:10; Da 2:47; 6:26; Ac 10:36

let the men.

7:16-18; Ac 24:17; 3Jo 1:6-8

help him. Heb. lift him up.

Ec 4:9,10; Ga 6:2

the freewill.

2:68-70; 1Ch 29:3,9,17

whose spirit.

1; 2Ch 36:22; Ne 2:12; Pr 16:1; 2Co 8:16; Php 2:13; Jas 1:16,17

3Jo 1:11

strengthened their hands. that is, helped them.

7:15,16; 8:25-28,33

willingly offered.

4; Ps 110:3; 2Co 9:7

Also Cyrus.

5:14; 6:5

Nebuchadnezzar.

2Ki 24:13; 25:13-16; 2Ch 36:7,10,18; Jer 27:21,22; 28:3-6; Da 1:2

Da 5:2,3,23

Sheshbazzar.

11; 5:14,16; Hag 1:1,14; 2:2-4; Zec 4:6-10

chargers of gold.

Nu 7:13,19-89; 1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:8,11,21,22; 24:14; Mt 14:8

nine.

Mt 10:29-31

the vessels.

Ro 9:23; 2Ti 2:19-21

five thousand.Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in ver. 9, 10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13, 14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following statements: In Ezra. In Esdras. Gold chargers..... 30 Gold cups......... 1,000 Silver ditto...... 1,000 Silver cups....... 1,000 Knives............ 29 Silver censers.... 29 Gold basons....... 30 Gold vials........ 30 Silver ditto...... 410 Silver vials...... 2,410 Other vessels..... 1,000 Other vessels..... 1,000 _____ _____ Said to be........ 5,400 Total............. 5,469 But only.......... 2,499 _____ _____ Deficiency........ 2,901 Surplus........... 69 It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted.

captivity. Heb. transportation.

Mt 1:11,12

Isaiah 40:2

comfortably. Heb. to the heart.

Ge 34:3; 2Ch 30:22; Ho 2:14; *marg:

warfare. or, appointed time.

Ps 102:13-28; So 2:11-13; Jer 29:11; Da 9:2,24-27; 11:35; 12:4,9

Hab 2:3; Ac 1:7; Ga 4:4; Re 6:10,11; 11:15-18

that her iniquity.

12:1; 33:24; 43:25; 44:22; 61:7; Ps 32:1; Jer 31:33,34; 33:8,9

1Co 6:9-11

double.

61:7; Job 42:10-12; Jer 16:18; 17:18; Da 9:12; Zec 1:15; 9:12

Re 18:6

Daniel 9:2-27

understood.

8:15,16; Ps 119:24,99,100; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14; Ac 8:34; 1Ti 4:13

2Ti 3:15-17; 1Pe 1:10-12; 2Pe 1:19-21; Re 1:3

to Jeremiah.

2Ch 36:21; Jer 25:11,12; 27:7; 29:10; Zec 7:5

the desolations.

Ps 74:3-7; 79:1,2; Isa 6:11,12; 24:10-12; 64:10; Jer 7:34; 25:18

Jer 26:6,18; La 1:1; Mic 3:12

I set.

6:10; Ne 1:4-11; Ps 102:13-17; Jer 29:10-13; 33:3; Eze 36:37

Jas 5:16-18

with.

10:2,3; Ezr 8:21; 9:5; 10:6; Ne 1:4; 9:1; Es 4:1-3,16; Ps 35:13

Ps 69:10,11; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:13; 2:12; Jon 3:6-9; Lu 2:37

Ac 10:30; Jas 4:8-10

made.

5-12; Le 26:40-42; 1Ki 8:47-49; 2Ch 7:14; Ne 9:2,3; Ps 32:5

Jer 3:13; 1Jo 1:8-10

the great.

Ex 20:6; 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; De 5:10; 7:9; 1Ki 8:23; Ne 1:5; 9:32

Jer 32:17-19; Mic 7:18-20; Na 1:2-7; Lu 1:72; Ro 8:28; Jas 1:12

Jas 2:5; 1Jo 5:2,3

have sinned.

15; 1Ki 8:47-50; 2Ch 6:37-39; Ezr 9:6; Ne 1:6-8; 9:33,34; Ps 106:6

Isa 64:5-7; Jer 3:25; 14:7

departing.

Ps 18:21; 119:102; Isa 59:13; Eze 6:9; Ho 1:2; Mal 3:7; Heb 3:12

have we.

10; 2Ki 17:13,14; 2Ch 33:10; 36:15,16; Isa 30:10,11; Jer 6:16,17

Jer 7:13,25,26; 25:3-7; 26:5; 29:19; 32:32,33; 44:4,5,16; Zec 1:4-6

Zec 7:8-12; Mt 21:34-40; 23:37; Lu 20:10-12; Ac 7:51,52; 13:27

1Th 2:15,16

our kings.

Ezr 9:7; Ne 9:32,34

righteousness.

8,14; De 32:4; Ezr 9:13; Ne 9:33; Ps 51:4,14; 119:137; Jer 12:1

Lu 23:40,41

belongeth unto thee. or, thou hast, etc. unto us.

Ezr 9:6,7; Ps 44:15; Isa 45:16; Jer 2:26,27; 3:25; Eze 16:63; 36:31

Ro 6:21

near.

De 4:27; 2Ki 17:6,7; Isa 11:11; Jer 24:9; Am 9:9; Ac 2:5-11

whither.

Le 26:33,34

to us.

6,7

because.

Jer 14:20; La 1:7,8,18; 3:42; 5:16

To the Lord.From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness.

7; Ex 34:6,7; Nu 14:18,19; Ne 9:17,31; Ps 62:12; 86:5,15; 130:4,7

Ps 145:8,9; Isa 55:7; 63:7; La 3:22,23; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18,19

Eph 1:6-8; 2:4-7

though.

5; Ne 9:18,19,26-28; Ps 106:43-45; Jer 14:7; Eze 20:8,9,13

which.

6; 2Ki 17:13; 18:12; Ezr 9:10,11; Ne 9:13-17; Heb 1:1

all.

2Ki 17:18-23; Isa 1:4-6; Jer 8:5-10; 9:26; Eze 22:26-31

the curse.

Le 26:14-46; De 27:15-26; 28:15-68; 29:20-29; 30:17-19; 31:17,18

De 32:19-42

confirmed.

Isa 44:26; La 2:17; Eze 13:6; Zec 1:8; Mt 5:18; Ro 15:8

our judges.

1Ki 3:9; Job 12:17; Ps 2:10; 148:11; Pr 8:16

for under.The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions.

La 1:12; 2:13; 4:6; Eze 5:9; Joe 2:2; Am 3:2; Mt 24:21; Mr 13:19

Lu 21:22

As it is.Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.

11; Le 26:14-46; De 28:15-68; Isa 42:9; La 2:15-17; Joh 10:35

made we not our prayer before. Heb. intreated we not theface of.

Job 36:13; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; 5:3; Ho 7:7,10,14

that we.

De 29:4; Ps 85:4; 119:18,27,73; Isa 64:7; Jer 31:18; 44:27; La 5:21

Lu 24:45; Joh 6:45; 8:32; Eph 1:17,18; 4:21; Jas 1:5

watched.

Jer 31:28; 44:27

the Lord.

7; Ne 9:33; Ps 51:14

for.

that hast.

Ex 6:1,6; 14:1-15:27; 32:11; 1Ki 8:51; Ne 1:10; Jer 32:20-23

2Co 1:10

and hast.

Ex 9:16; 14:18; Ne 9:10; Ps 106:8; Isa 55:13; Jer 32:10

gotten thee renown. Heb. made thee a name. we have sinned.

5; Lu 15:18,19,21; 18:13

according.

1Sa 2:7; Ne 9:8; Ps 31:1; 71:2; 143:1; Mic 6:4,5; 2Th 1:6; 1Jo 1:9

thy holy.

20; Ps 87:1-3; Joe 3:17; Zec 8:3

for the.

Ex 20:5; Le 26:39,40; Ps 106:6-48; Mt 23:31,32; Lu 11:47-51

Jerusalem.

1Ki 9:7-9; Ps 41:13; 79:4; Isa 64:9-11; Jer 24:9; 29:18; La 1:8,9

La 2:15,16

cause.

Nu 6:23-26; Ps 4:6; 67:1; 80:1,3,7,19; 119:135; Re 21:23

thy sanctuary.

La 5:18

for.

19; Joh 16:24; 2Co 1:20

incline.

1Ki 8:29; 2Ki 19:16; Ps 17:6,7; Isa 37:17; 63:15-19; 64:12

behold.

Ex 3:7; Ps 80:14-19

which is called by thy name. Heb. whereupon thy name iscalled.

Jer 7:10; 14:9; 15:16; 25:29; 1Co 1:2

for we.

Isa 64:6; Jer 14:7; Eze 36:32

present. Heb. cause to fall.

Jer 36:7; 37:20; *marg:

O Lord, forgive.

Nu 14:19; 1Ki 8:30-39; 2Ch 6:21,25-30,39; Am 7:2; Lu 11:8

defer.

Ps 44:23-26; 74:9-11; 79:5; 85:5,6; 102:13,14; Isa 64:9-12

thine.

Ps 79:8-10; 102:15,16; 115:1,2; Jer 14:7,20,21; Eze 20:9,14,22

Eze 36:22; 39:25; Eph 1:6,12; 3:10

for thy.

18; Ps 79:6; Isa 63:16-19; Jer 14:9; 25:29

whiles.

10:2; Ps 32:5; 145:18; Isa 58:9; 65:24; Ac 4:31; 10:30,31

confessing.

4; Ec 7:20; Isa 6:5; Ro 3:23; Jas 3:2; 1Jo 1:8-10

for.

16; Ps 137:5,6; Isa 56:7; 62:6,7; Zec 8:3; Re 21:2,10

the man.

8:16; 10:16; Lu 1:19

to fly.

Ps 103:20; 104:4; Isa 6:2; Eze 1:11,14; Heb 1:7

swiftly. Heb. with weariness, or flight. touched.

8:18; 10:10,16,18; Isa 6:6,7; Ac 12:7; Heb 1:14

the time.

1Ki 18:36; Ezr 9:5; Mt 27:46; Ac 3:1; 10:3,9

he informed.

24-27; 8:16; 10:21; Zec 1:9,14; 6:4,5; Re 4:1

give thee skill and understanding. Heb. make thee skilful ofunderstanding

the beginning.

10:12

commandment. Heb. word. for.

10:11,19; Lu 1:28

greatly beloved. Heb. a man of desires.

So 7:10; Eze 24:16; 26:12; *marg:

understand.

Mt 24:15

Seventy weeks.That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month {Nisan,} in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Le 25:8; Nu 14:34; Eze 4:6

finish. or, restrain.

Mt 1:21; 1Jo 3:8

and to.

La 4:22; Col 2:14; Heb 9:26; 10:14

make an end of. or, seal up.

Eze 28:12

to make.

Le 8:15; 2Ch 29:24; Isa 53:10; Ro 5:10; 2Co 5:18-20; Col 1:20

Heb 2:17

to bring.

Isa 51:6,8; 53:11; 56:1; Jer 23:5,6; Ro 3:21,22; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21

Php 3:9; Heb 9:12-14; 2Pe 1:1; Re 14:6

seal up.

Mt 11:13; Lu 24:25-27,44,45; Joh 19:28-30

prophecy. Heb. prophet.

Ac 3:22

and to anoint.

Ps 2:6; 45:7; Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18-21; Joh 1:41; 3:34; Heb 1:8,9; 9:11

the most.

Mr 1:24; Lu 1:35; Ac 3:14; Heb 7:26; Re 3:7

and understand.

23; Mt 13:23; 24:15; Mr 13:14; Ac 8:30

from.

Ezr 4:24; 6:1-15; 7:1,8,11-26; Ne 2:1-8; 3:1

restore and to build Jerusalem. or, build again Jerusalem:as.

2Sa 15:25; Ps 71:10

the Messiah.

Joh 1:41; 4:25

the Prince.

8:11,25; Isa 9:6; 55:4; Mic 5:2; Ac 3:15; 5:31; Re 1:5; 19:16

seven weeks.The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods. 1. Seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of Jerusalem. 2. Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to the announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3. One week, or seven years, for the ministry of John and of CHRIST himself to the crucifixion.

be built again. Heb. return and be builded. wall. or,breach, or, ditch. even.

Ne 4:8,16-18; Eph 5:16

troublous times. Heb. strait of times.

Ne 6:15

Messiah.

Ps 22:15; Isa 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 11:51,52; 12:32-34

2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:21,24; 3:18

but not. or, and shall have nothing.

Joh 14:30

and the people, etc. or, and (the Jews) shall be no more hispeople.

11:17; Ho 1:9

or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver. 25,) future people.The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince.

Mt 22:2,7; 23:38; 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43,44; 21:6,24; Ac 6:13,14

and the end.

Mt 24:6-14; Mr 13:7

with.

11:10; Isa 8:7; Jer 46:7; Am 8:8; 9:5; Na 1:8

desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off bydesolations

confirm.

Isa 42:6; 53:11; 55:3; Jer 31:31-34; 32:40-42; Eze 16:60-63

Mt 26:28; Ro 5:15,19; 15:8,9; Ga 3:13-17; Heb 6:13-18; 8:8-13

Heb 9:15-20,28; 10:16-18; 13:20,21

the covenant. or, a covenant. cause.