Discovery Box| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 7:7 |
| In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought<n id="1" /> up to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants. |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 7:11 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">What follows<n id="1" /> is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe.<n id="2" /> Ezra was<n id="3" /> a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the <sc>Lordsc> and his statutes over Israel:p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 7:13 |
| I have now issued a decree<n id="1" /> that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem.<n id="2" /> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 8:25 |
| and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 9:4 |
| Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe<n id="1" /> gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile.<n id="2" /> Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 10:5 |
| <p class="bodytext">So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan.<n id="1" /> And they all took a solemn oath. |
| (0.55947333333333) | Ezr 10:10 |
| <p class="bodytext">Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. |
| (0.55947333333333) | Neh 2:10 |
| When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official<n id="1" /> heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Neh 7:7 |
| They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.p> <p class="bodytext">The number of Israelite men<n id="1" /> was as follows:p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Neh 8:14 |
| They discovered written in the law that the <sc>LORDsc> had commanded through<n id="1" /> Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month, |
| (0.55947333333333) | Neh 13:2 |
| for they had not met the Israelites with food<n id="1" /> and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 22:23 |
| <p class="poetry">You loyal followers of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> praise him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!p> <p class="poetry">All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him!<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 59:5 |
| <p class="poetry">You, O <sc>Lordsc> God, the invincible warrior,<n id="1" /> the God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">rouse yourself and punish<n id="2" /> all the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 68:8 |
| <p class="poetry">the earth shakes,p> <p class="poetry">yes, the heavens pour down rainp> <p class="poetry">before God, the God of Sinai,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">before God, the God of Israel.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 68:35 |
| <p class="poetry">You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is the God of Israel<n id="2" /> who gives the people power and strength.p> <p class="poetry">God deserves praise!<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 69:6 |
| <p class="poetry">Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,p> <p class="poetry">O sovereign <sc>Lordsc> and king!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,p> <p class="poetry">O God of Israel!p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 80:1 |
| <t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>shushan-eduthi> style;<n id="2" /> a psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O shepherd of Israel, pay attention,p> <p class="poetry">you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep!p> <p class="poetry">You who sit enthroned above the winged angels,<n id="3" /> reveal your splendor!<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Psa 106:48 |
| <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the future and forevermore.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all the people say, “We agree!<n id="3" /> Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!”<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Isa 4:2 |
| <t /><p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the crops given by the <sc>Lordsc> will bring admiration and honor;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delightp> <p class="poetry">to those who remain in Israel.<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.55947333333333) | Isa 5:7 |
| <p class="poetry">Indeed<n id="1" /> Israel<n id="2" /> is the vineyard of the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">the people<n id="3" /> of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight.p> <p class="poetry">He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!<n id="5" />p> |
