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Ezra 7:23

in Ezra 7

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

KJV

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Why should there be wrath - As he believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily, knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity.

This site's exposition

I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers

on Ezra 7:21-24

Artaxerxes repeats his decree, now to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates. He asks why wrath should fall on the king and his sons. The priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers and temple servants are exempt from tribute, duty or toll, and Adam Clarke notes they held no private revenue.

This site's exposition

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven

Clarke reads the king as believing God had appointed him to this work, and fearing that the kingdom would be cut off from him. The decree of 6:10 asked the priests to pray for the king and his sons as well. Both decrees name the king's sons.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven,.... In the law given by Moses to the people of Israel: let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven; for the service of it, particularly sacrifices: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? through the neglect of the service of God in the temple, and by reason of the default of the king's treasurers.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

How solicitously he deprecates the wrath of God: Why should there be wrath against the realm? The neglect and contempt of religion bring the judgments of God upon kings and kingdoms; and the likeliest expedient to turn away his wrath, when it is ready to break out against a people, is to support and encourage religion.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And, finally, in the expression of the king's desire for the divine blessing upon the king and his government (Ezr 7:23), we see the strong persuasion which pervaded the Persian court, and had been produced by the captivity of the Hebrew people, as to the being and directing providence of the God they worshipped.
Literally, as in the margin, i. e., Whatsoever is commanded in the Law with respect to the temple service.

The words behind it

19 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.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3606 →82 times

  • דִּ֗יthat

    diH1768 →345 times

  • מִן־[is] according to

    min-H4481 →109 times

  • טַ֙עַם֙[the] decree of

    taamH2942 →28 times

  • אֱלָ֣הּ[the] God of

    ʾelahH426 →95 times

  • שְׁמַיָּ֔אheavens the

    shemaiya'H8065 →38 times

  • יִתְעֲבֵד֙let it be done

    yitavedH5648 →28 times

  • אַדְרַזְדָּ֔אexactly

    ʾadrazda'H149 →

  • לְבֵ֖יתfor [the] house of

    leveitH1005 →44 times

  • אֱלָ֣הּ[the] God of

    ʾelahH426 →95 times

  • שְׁמַיָּ֑אheavens the

    shemaiya'H8065 →38 times

  • דִּֽי־that

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • לְמָ֤ה<to> why?

    lemahH4101 →13 times

  • לֶֽהֱוֵא֙will it be

    leheve'H1934 →71 times

  • קְצַ֔ףanger

    ketzafH7109 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5922 →104 times

  • מַלְכ֥וּת[the] kingdom of

    malkhutH4437 →57 times

  • מַלְכָּ֖אking the

    malka'H4430 →180 times

  • וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃and sons his

    uvenohiH1247 →19 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

    Psalms 119:4

    You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 5:3

      For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

    • John 14:21

      Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

    • Matthew 28:20

      and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

    • Jeremiah 7:23

      but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…

    • Deuteronomy 28:1–14

      “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above…

  • Through

    Zechariah 12:3

    On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 21:44

      He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

    • Zechariah 14:2–4

      For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…

    • Daniel 2:34–35

      As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 6; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.