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For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

For we were bondmen {H5650}; yet our God {H430} hath not forsaken {H5800} us in our bondage {H5659}, but hath extended {H5186} mercy {H2617} unto us in the sight {H6440} of the kings {H4428} of Persia {H6539}, to give {H5414} us a reviving {H4241}, to set up {H7311} the house {H1004} of our God {H430}, and to repair {H5975} the desolations {H2723} thereof, and to give {H5414} us a wall {H1447} in Judah {H3063} and in Jerusalem {H3389}.

For we are slaves. Yet our God has not abandoned us in our slavery, but has caused the kings of Persia to extend grace to us, reviving us, so that we can rebuild the house of our God, repair its ruins, and have a wall of defense in Y'hudah and Yerushalayim.

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 7:6 (5 votes)

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

  • Psalms 136:23 (5 votes)

    ¶ Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

  • Psalms 136:24 (5 votes)

    And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

  • Zechariah 4:6 (3 votes)

    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Zechariah 4:10 (3 votes)

    For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

  • Zechariah 2:5 (3 votes)

    For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

  • Psalms 106:45 (3 votes)

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.