Ezra 9:8

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
little	כִּמְעַט kim.'at-	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
space	רֶגַע֩ re.Ga'	H7281	a wink (of the eyes) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
grace	תְחִנָּ֜ה te.chi.Nah	H8467	graciousness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
leave	לְהַשְׁאִ֥יר le.hash.'Ir	H7604	properly · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
escape	פְּלֵיטָ֔ה pe.lei.Tah	H6413	deliverance · noun, common feminine singular absolute
give	וְלָתֶת ve.la.tet-	H5414	to give · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
nail	יָתֵ֖ד ya.Ted	H3489	a peg · noun, common feminine singular absolute
holy	קָדְשׁ֑וֹ ka.de.Sho	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
place	בִּמְק֣וֹם bim.Kom	H4725	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
God	אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
lighten	לְהָאִ֤יר le.ha.'Ir	H215	to be (causative · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
eyes	עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ 'ei.Nei.nu	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
give	וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ u.le.ti.Te.nu	H5414	to give · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
little	מְעַ֖ט me.'At	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
reviving	מִֽחְיָ֥ה mich.Yah	H4241	preservation of life · noun, common feminine singular absolute
bondage	בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ be.'av.du.Te.nu	H5659	servitude · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Romans 11:5-6 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Psalms 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that i…
Ezekiel 37:11-14 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we…
Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in…
Nehemiah 9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

What the meditations of Ezra's heart were, while for some hours he sat down astonished, we may guess by the words of his mouth when at length he spoke with his tongue; and a most pathetic address he here makes to Heaven upon this occasion. Observe, I. The time when he made this address - at the evening sacrifice, Ezr 9:5. Then (it is likely) devout people used to come into the courts of the temple, to grace the solemnity of the sacrifice and to offer up their own prayers to God in concurrence with it. In their hearing Ezra chose to make this confession, that they might be made duly sensible of the sins of their people, which hitherto they had either not taken notice of or had made light of.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

PRAYS TO GOD. (Ezr 9:5-15) I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure. God had begun to show returning favor to Israel by the restoration of some. But this only aggravated their sin, that, so soon after their re-establishment in their native land, they openly violated the express and repeated precepts which commanded them to extirpate the Canaanites. Such conduct, he exclaimed, could issue on…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:8

And now for a little space - This interval in which they were returning from servitude to their own land. Grace hath been showed - God has disposed the hearts of the Persian kings to publish edicts in our favor. To leave us a remnant to escape - The ten tribes are gone irrecoverably into captivity; a great part even of Judah and Benjamin had continued beyond the Euphrates: so that Ezra might well say, there was but a remnant which had escaped. A nail in his holy place - Even so much ground as to fix our tent-poles in. May lighten our eyes - To give us a thorough knowledge of ourselves and of our highest interest, and to enable us to re-establish his worship, is the reason why God has brought…

Dictionary and topics

Bondage — Of Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the “house of bondage” (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference to the captivity in Babylon (Isa. 14:3), and the oppression of the…
Confession — (1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).
Nail — For fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, “piercing,” a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of…
Eye, The · God: Enlightens — God: Enlightens
Nail · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Repentance · Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion — Should be accompanied by: Shame and confusion

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 9:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:8

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 9:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 9:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 9:5

Adam Clarke on Ezra 9:8

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezra 9:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 9:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 9:8-9

Rashi on Ezra 9:8