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Ezra 5:1

in Ezra 5

Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.

KJV

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

This verse in Ezra 5

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Haggai and Zechariah stirred up Zerubbabel and Joshua Ezr 5:2; Hag 1:14, and warned the people against neglecting the building of the temple, in order to give themselves to the beautifying of their own houses (see Hag 1:4, Hag 1:9). Zechariah was the son of Berechiah, and grandson of Iddo (see the marginal reference; Mat 23:35). Compare a similar application of “son” in the case of Jehu (see the 2Ki 9:20 note).

This site's exposition

the prophets, Haggai the prophet

on Ezra 5:1-2

The stoppage of the chapter before breaks here: the prophets Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo prophesy to Judah and Jerusalem, and the work restarts through their preaching before any new royal word arrives. Zerubbabel and Jeshua rise and build again, and the text adds that the prophets of God were with them, helping, preaching and building as one labor. This verse and 6:14 are the narrative anchor for both prophetic books, planted here for their own exposition. Haggai's short book supplies the content behind the bare word prophesied, rebuking a people who paneled their own houses while the Lord's house lay waste.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For fifteen years the work was completely suspended. These two prophets upbraided them with severe reproaches for their sloth, negligence, and worldly selfishness (Hag 1:4), threatened them with severe judgments if they continued backward, and promised that they would be blessed with great national prosperity if they resumed and prosecuted the work with alacrity and vigor.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִתְנַבִּ֞יand he prophesied

    vehitnabiH5013

  • חַגַּ֣יHaggai

    chagaiH2292

  • נְבִיָּ֗אprophet the

    neviah'H50294 times

  • וּזְכַרְיָ֤הand Zechariah

    uzekharyahH214843 times

  • בַר־[the] son of

    var-H124719 times

  • עִדּוֹא֙Iddo

    ʾido'H5714

  • נְבִיַּיָּ֔אprophets the

    neviaiya'H50294 times

  • עַל־to

    ʾal-H5922104 times

  • יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔אJews the

    yehudaye'H306210 times

  • דִּ֥יwho

    diH1768345 times

  • בִיה֖וּד[were] in Judah

    vihudH30617 times

  • וּבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םand in Jerusalem

    uvirushelemH339026 times

  • בְּשֻׁ֛םin [the] name of

    beshumH803612 times

  • אֱלָ֥הּ[the] God of

    ʾelahH42695 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34798 times

  • עֲלֵיהֽוֹן׃ ס[who was] over them

    aleihonH5922104 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Micah 5:4

    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 40:10–11

      Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

    • Psalms 23:1–2

      The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    • Luke 1:32

      He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

    • Micah 7:14

      Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

    • John 10:27–30

      My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

  • Through

    Haggai 1:1

    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 2:2

      accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    • Ezra 3:8

      In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including…

    • Ezra 3:2

      Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it,…

About Ezra

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.