Ezra 6:12 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 6:12

May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

KJV

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Destroy all - A similar malediction is found at the end of the great inscription of this same king Darius at Behistun: If anyone injures the tablet which he has set up, he prays that Ormazd will be their enemy, and that they may have no offspring, and that whatever they do, Ormazd may curse it for them. To alter and to destroy this house - i. e., to alter the decree, and then proceed to destroy the house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Destroy - Tho' this temple was at length most justly destroyed by the righteous hand of God, yet perhaps the Romans, who were the instruments of that destruction, felt the effects of this curse. For that empire sensibly declined ever after, 'till it was wholly destroyed.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וֵֽאלָהָ֞א	ve.la.Ha'	and <the> God	H426 →
דִּ֣י	di	who	H1768 →
שַׁכִּ֧ן	sha.Kin	he has caused to dwell	H7932 →
שְׁמֵ֣הּ	she.Meh	name his	H8036 →
תַּמָּ֗ה	ta.Mah	there	H8536 →
יְמַגַּ֞ר	ye.ma.Gar	may he overthrow	H4049 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3606 →
מֶ֤לֶךְ	Me.lekh	king	H4430 →
וְעַם֙	ve.'Am	and people	H5972 →
דִּ֣י׀	di	who	H1768 →
יִשְׁלַ֣ח	yish.Lach	he will stretch out	H7972 →
יְדֵ֗הּ	ye.Deh	hand his	H3028 →
לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה	le.hash.na.Yah	to violate	H8133 →
לְחַבָּלָ֛ה	le.cha.ba.Lah	to destroy	H2255 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1005 →
אֱלָהָ֥א	'e.la.Ha'	<the> God	H426 →
דֵ֖ךְ	dekh	this	H1791 →
דִּ֣י	di	which	H1768 →
בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם	vi.ru.she.Lem	[is] in Jerusalem	H3390 →
אֲנָ֤ה	'a.Nah	I	H576 →
דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙	da.re.Ya.vesh	Darius	H1868 →
שָׂ֣מֶת	Sa.met	I make	H7761 →
טְעֵ֔ם	te.'Em	a decree	H2942 →
אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא	'a.se.Par.na'	diligently	H629 →
יִתְעֲבִֽד׃ פ	yit.'a.Vid	let it be done	H5648 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:24
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:5
  Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 132:13–14
  For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- 2 Chronicles 6:6
  But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- 1 Kings 9:3
  And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart…
- 2 Chronicles 7:16
  For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
Through
1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart…
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:29
  May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:11
  then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all…
- Deuteronomy 26:2
  you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go…