Ezra 5:12

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
But	לָהֵ֗ן la.Hen	H3861	therefore · conjunction
after	מִן min-	H4481	properly · preposition
fathers	אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ 'a.vo.ho.Ta.na'	H2	father · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
provoked	הַרְגִּ֤זוּ har.Gi.zu	H7265	to quiver (with any violent emotion · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine plural
God	לֶאֱלָ֣הּ le.'e.Lah	H426	God · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
heaven	שְׁמַיָּ֔א she.mai.Ya'	H8065	the sky (as aloft · noun, common masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
wrath	רְגַז rᵉgaz	H7265	to quiver (with any violent emotion
gave	יְהַ֣ב ye.Hav	H3052	to give (whether literal or figurative) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
them	הִמּ֔וֹ hi.Mo	H1994	they · personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	בְּיַ֛ד be.Yad	H3028	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Nebuchadnezzar	נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר ne.vu.khad.ne.Tzar	H5020	Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4430	a king · noun, common both genders singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֖ל ba.Vel	H895	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
Chaldean	כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה kas.da.ya'	H3679	a Kasdite · noun, gentilic masculine plural determined + particle of affirmation
destroyed	סַתְרֵ֔הּ sat.Reh	H5642	to conceal · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
this	דְנָה֙ de.Nah	H1836	this · demonstrative particle
house	וּבַיְתָ֤ה u.vay.Tah'	H1005	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
carried	הַגְלִ֥י hag.Li	H1541	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people	וְעַמָּ֖ה ve.'a.Mah'	H5972	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
away	גְּלָה gᵉlâh	H1541	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)
Babylon	לְבָבֶֽל le.va.Vel	H895	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:16-17 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his peopl…
Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy jud…
2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon…
Nehemiah 9:26-27 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified ag…
Jeremiah 39:1-14 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and…
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statut…
Deuteronomy 29:24-28 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devou…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:3–end

We have here, I. The cognizance which their neighbours soon took of the reviving of this good work. A jealous eye, it seems, they had upon them, and no sooner did the Spirit of God stir up the friends of the temple to appear for it than the evil spirit stirred up its enemies to appear against it. While the people built and ceiled their own houses their enemies gave them no molestation (Hag 1:4), though the king's order was to put a stop to the building of the city (Ezr 4:21); but when they fell to work again at the temple then the alarm was taken, and all heads were at work to hinder them, Ezr 5:3, Ezr 5:4. The adversaries are here named: Tatnai and Shethar-boznai. The governors we read of (…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 5:8

the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones--literally, "stones of rolling"; that is, stones of such extraordinary size that they could not be carried--they had to be rolled or dragged along the ground.

Adam Clarke on Ezra 5:11

We are the servants of the God of heaven - How simple, plain, and ingenuous is this confession! They were the servants of the God of heaven. How came they then into bondage! Why, they provoked the God of heaven - repeatedly sinned against him, and then he gave them into the hands of their enemies.

John Gill on Ezra 5:12

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath,.... By their idolatries; which accounts for it how it was that they who were the servants of the great God of heaven and earth, and this temple built for the honour of his name, were not preserved by him; but they were carried captive, and this house left desolate: it was for their sins for which he (God) gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon; see 2 Chronicles 36:19.

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Dictionary and topics

Temple, the Second — After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the long-desolated kingdom. The body of pilgrims, forming…
Captivity · As a — As a
Temple, The Second · Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building had his sanction — Tatnai the governor wrote to Darius to know if the building had his sanction

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 5:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 5:8

Adam Clarke on Ezra 5:11

John Gill on Ezra 5:12

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 5:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 5:8

Adam Clarke on Ezra 5:11

John Gill on Ezra 5:12

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 5:12

Rashi on Ezra 5:12