エズラ記 1:2, エズラ記 1:3 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 1:1-4

It will be proper for us here to consider, 1. What was the state of the captive Jews in Babylon. It was upon many accounts very deplorable; they were under the power of those that hated them, had nothing they could call their own; they had no temple, no altar; if they sang psalms, their enemies ridiculed them; and yet they had prophets among them. Ezekiel and Daniel were kept distinct from the heathen. Some of them were preferred at court, others had comfortable settlements in the country, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 1:2

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia ,.... Of whom, and this edict of his, Isaiah prophesied two hundred years before he was born, Isaiah 44:28 the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; many he had conquered before he took Babylon, and then the whole Babylonian monarchy fell into his hands. Herodotus F12 Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 130. So Sallust, Bell. Catalin. p. 2. says, he ruled over all Asia; Xenophon F13 Cyropaedia, l. 1. in principio. reckons up many... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 1:2

The Lord God of heaven - It is not unworthy of remark, that in all the books written prior to the captivity, Jehovah is called The Lord of Hosts; but in all the books written after the captivity, as 2 Chronicles, Ezra Nehemiah, and Daniel, he is styled The God of Heaven. The words however have the same meaning. All the kingdoms of the earth. At this time the empire of the Medo-Persians was very extensive: according to ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-4

1. Its promulgation by a heathen king, spontaneously as it would seem; 2. Its recognition of a single supreme God, "the Lord God of heaven;" 3. Its declaration that the supreme God had "charged" the king to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem; and 4. Its actual origination in a "stir" of the king's spirit by God himself. The secret government of the world by Jehovah is, in part, opened to us, and we see how great political events, anteriorly improbable, are brought about by his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-11

The wide reach of the rule of God. We are accustomed to pray that the kingdom of God may come; we desire, and therefore ask, that men may offer themselves in willing subjection to the service of their Divine Sovereign. For this we must labour and pray, and always shall do so the more earnestly as we ourselves are the more unreservedly subject to his benign and gracious rule. Meantime there is a sense in which God's rule is a present thing. The kingdom of God is among us; the arms of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-11

The beginning of a great religious movement. Israel had experienced long bondage in a foreign land under a heathen king; this would have a beneficial influence. 1. It would tend to cultivate within them a right view of the sorrow consequent upon sin. Their captivity was a punishment for idolatry. Sin sends men into slavery. 2. It would tend to cultivate within them a right view of the external in religion. Solomon's temple was the pride of Israel. They prided themselves in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:2

Thus saith Cyrus. Persian inscriptions do not ordinarily commence in this way; but the formula "says Darius the king," "says Xerxes the king" is frequent in them. King of Persia . So the Behistun inscription: "I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of Persia. " The Lord God of heaven, Yehovah Elohey hashshamayim. "God of heaven" seems to have been a usual title of the Supreme Being among the Persians (see below, Ezra 6:9 , Ezra 6:10 ; Ezra 7:12 , Ezra... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:2-4

The edict. When the proclamation, which captive Israel had heard of with such interest and expectation, came to be examined, what was it found to contain? Besides a proper preamble, showing in whose name and by whose authority it was issued, three principal things; viz., 1. a remarkable confession; 2. a satisfactory permission; and 3. a considerate command. I. A REMARKABLE CONFESSION . A confession or acknowledgment— 1. Of Jehovah's existence. Cyrus, brought up... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 1:2

The Lord God of heaven - Or, “Yahweh, the God of heaven.” In the original Persian, the document probably ran - “ Ormazd, the God of heaven.” The Hebrew transcript took “Yahweh” as the equivalent of “Ormazd.” The Persian notion of a single Supreme Being - Ahura-Mazda, “the much-knowing, or much-bestowing Spirit” - did, in fact, approach nearly to the Jewish conception of Yahweh.Hath given me all the kingdoms ... - There is a similar formula at the commencement of the great majority of Persian... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 1:2

Ezra 1:2. The Lord God of heaven It is observable, says Mr. Locke, that God, in the former books, is called the Lord of hosts, but in the last of Chronicles, in this, in Nehemiah, and Daniel, that is, in the books written after the captivity, he is styled the God of heaven, and not Lord of hosts, though the sense of both expressions is the same. Probably those who showed or interpreted to Cyrus the prophecy of Isaiah concerning himself, acquainted him that the God, whose prophet... read more

エズラ記 1:2, エズラ記 1:3 Jc

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 1:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 1:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 1:2-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 1:2

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