Ezra 9:9

9:9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us ¹  to restore the temple of our God and to raise ²  up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. ³ 

Ezra 5:12

5:12 But after our ancestors ⁴  angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands ⁵  of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon. ⁶ 

Ezra 8:22

8:22 I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy ⁷  along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger ⁸  is against everyone who forsakes him.”

[9:9]  ¹ tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

[9:9]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Aram “fathers.”

[5:12]  ⁵ tn Aram “hand” (singular).

[5:12]  ⁶ sn A reference to the catastrophic events of 586 b.c.

[8:22]  ⁷ tn A number of modern translations regard this as a collective singular and translate “from enemies” (also in v. 31).

[8:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “his strength and his anger.” The expression is a hendiadys (one concept expressed through two terms).