以斯拉記 5:5, 以斯拉記 5:9 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 5:5

Ezra 5:5. But the eye of God was upon the elders, &c. The peculiar favour, watchful providence, and powerful protection of God, giving them courage and resolution to go on with the work, notwithstanding the threats of their enemies; and so overruling the hearts and hands of their enemies, that they did not hinder them by force, as they might have done. While we are employed in God’s work, we are taken under his special protection, and his eye is upon us for good. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 5:1-17

The temple completed (5:1-6:22)Having given examples of anti-Jewish activity from another era, the writer returns to the time of Zerubbabel. Because of opposition from their enemies, the Jews did no work on the temple for about sixteen years. Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah began to stir up the people to get them working on the building once more (5:1-2).Some local people must have objected to the renewed activity, and soon a group of officials arrived at the scene to question the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 5:5

the eye. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . elders. Chaldee. sib = grey, hoary. Used only of Ezra here and Ezra 6:7 , Ezra 6:8 , Ezra 6:14 . Darius. See note on Ezra 4:5 . answer. See note on Ezra 4:17 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezra 5:5

Ver. 5. But the eye of their God, &c.— i.e. The peculiar favour, good providence, and protection of God. Houbigant renders the last clause of the preceding verse thus: these are the names of the men who have undertaken this building. REFLECTIONS.—1st, About fifteen years the building seems to have continued at a stand, till God by his prophets roused the people to the work. 1. They prophesied unto them, or against them; reproved them for their lukewarmness, and provoked them to renew the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 5:5

5-17. But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, c.—The unusual presence, the imposing suite, the authoritative enquiries of the satrap appeared formidable, and might have produced a paralyzing influence or led to disastrous consequences, if he had been a partial and corrupt judge or actuated by unfriendly feelings towards the Jewish cause. The historian, therefore, with characteristic piety, throws in this parenthetical verse to intimate that God averted the threatening cloud... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 5:3-5

Tattenai’s question 5:3-5The text does not say if the Jews’ antagonistic neighbors had provoked Tattenai, the governor of the Persian province in which Jerusalem stood, to ask to see the Jews’ temple building permit. It simply says he asked to see it. The Jews kept the construction work going while Tattenai determined whether they had authority to build.Tattenai had reason to question the Jews’ actions without prodding from the Samaritans. The Persian Empire had undergone political upheaval... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 5:1-17

The Building of the Temple RecommencedThis chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the Temple, and recites a letter from the Persian officials in Judæa to the Persian court to enquire whether the Jews had leave to proceed with the work.1. Then the prophets] The hostility of their neighbours (Ezra 4:4-5), coupled with disastrous seasons (Haggai 1:10-11; Haggai 2:17), had so discouraged the people that they said ’The time is not come for the Lord’s house to be built’ (Haggai... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 5:3-17

(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 5:5

(5) And then they returned answer.—And [till] they should receive answer. It is implied that “the eye of their God” was with special vigilance fixed on the work, and it will appear that His influence was upon the officials of Persia as well as upon the rulers of the Jews. The letter that follows shows this. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 5:3-17

NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRITEzra 5:3-17; Ezra 6:1-5IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall on his page-in his brief notice of the inspiriting mission of the two prophets-than he is compelled to plunge his narrative again into gloom. But he shows that there was now a new spirit in the Jews, so that they were prepared to meet opposition in a more manly fashion. If their jealous... read more