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Ezra 5

Ezra 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the prophets
nbiy' (Hebrew #5029)
a prophet
KJV usage: prophet.
Pronounce: neb-ee'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 5030
, Haggai
Chaggay (Hebrew #2292)
festive; Chaggai, a Heb. prophet
KJV usage: Haggai.
Pronounce: khag-gah'-ee
Origin: from 2282
y the prophet
nbiy' (Hebrew #5029)
a prophet
KJV usage: prophet.
Pronounce: neb-ee'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 5030
, and Zechariah
Zkaryah (Hebrew #2148)
from 2142 and 3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zachariah, Zechariah.
Pronounce: zek-ar-yaw'
Origin: or Zkaryahuw {zek-ar-yaw'-hoo}
z the son
bar (Hebrew #1247)
a son, grandson, etc.
KJV usage: X old, son.
Pronounce: bar
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 1121
of Iddo
`Iddow (Hebrew #5714)
or tIddiy {id-dee'}; from 5710; timely; Iddo (or Iddi), the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Iddo. Compare 3035, 3260.
Pronounce: id-do'
Origin: or iIddowo {id-do'}
, prophesied
nba' (Hebrew #5013)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 5012
KJV usage: prophesy.
Pronounce: neb-aw'
unto
`al (Hebrew #5922)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 5921
KJV usage: about, against, concerning, for, (there-)fore, from, in, X more, of, (there-, up-)on, (in-)to, + why with.
Pronounce: al
the Jews
Yhuwda'iy (Hebrew #3062)
a Jehudaite (or Judaite), i.e. Jew
KJV usage: Jew.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw-ee'
Origin: (Aramaic) patrial from 3061
that were in Judah
Yhuwd (Hebrew #3061)
properly, Judah, hence, Judaea
KJV usage: Jewry, Judah, Judea.
Pronounce: yeh-hood'
Origin: (Aramaic) contracted from a form corresponding to 3063
and Jerusalem
Yruwshalem (Hebrew #3390)
corresponding to 3389
KJV usage: Jerusalem
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lame'
Origin: (Chaldee) yer-oo-shaw-lame
in the name
shum (Hebrew #8036)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 8034
KJV usage: name.
Pronounce: shoom
of the God
'elahh (Hebrew #426)
God
KJV usage: God, god.
Pronounce: el-aw'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 433
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3479)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3478
KJV usage: Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, even unto
`al (Hebrew #5922)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 5921
KJV usage: about, against, concerning, for, (there-)fore, from, in, X more, of, (there-, up-)on, (in-)to, + why with.
Pronounce: al
them.
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Hag. 1:1• 1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, (Hag. 1:1)
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Zech. 1:1• 1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zech. 1:1)

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Haggai,
Iddo,
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Jerusalem,
Jew,
Judah,
Prophet,
Zechariah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward the building of the temple.
3-5:  Tatnai and Shethar-boznai are not able to hinder the Jews.
6-17:  Their letter to Darius against the Jews.
A.M. 3484.
B.C. 520.
Haggai.These are the same Haggai and Zechariah, whose writings we have among the twelve minor prophets; and, as a great part of them refer to the events here recorded, the reader will find it very profitable to compare them with the history.
Hag. 1:1‑15• 1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
 2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.
 3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
 4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
 5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
 7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
 9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
 10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
 11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
 12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
 13Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
 14And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
 15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. (Hag. 1:1‑15)
Zechariah.
Zech. 1:1‑21• 1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
 2The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
 3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
 5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
 6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
 7Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
 8I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
 9Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these be.
 10And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
 11And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
 12Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
 13And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
 14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
 15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
 16Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
 17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
 18Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
 19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
 20And the Lord showed me four carpenters.
 21Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. (Zech. 1:1‑21)
the son of Iddo.That is, "the grandson of Iddo;" for Zechariah was the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.in the name.
Mic. 5:4• 4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:4)
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Hag. 1:2‑8• 2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.
 3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
 4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
 5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
 7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. (Hag. 1:2‑8)
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Zech. 1:3‑4• 3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. (Zech. 1:3‑4)
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Zech. 4:6‑10• 6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
 7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
 8Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
 10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. (Zech. 4:6‑10)
• {v.1-2} Before the work can resume, the condition of the people — and not the enemy — must be addressed....The prophets not only faithfully declared God’s message, but they also set an example in lending a hand with the work. (“The Prophets Haggai and Zechariah - Ezra 5:1-5” by N. Simon)
• {v.1} On this very account it was that God came in-not by any act of power to confound the adversary, but by the word of prophecy to reach the conscience of His people, and to stir them up to confidence in Himself. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 5” by E. Dennett)
• The prophet was raised up as the medium for communication with the people of God when the responsible head or heads of the people had failed. Thus when the priesthood had failed under Eli, Samuel was God's chosen vessel for His messages to His people....As a matter of fact, Haggai (as may be seen by a comparison of the dates of their respective prophecies) received his first message from Jehovah two months before Zechariah was employed, and it is worthy of notice as indicative of their failure that his first errand was to Zerubbabel and Jeshua. (See Hag. 1:1.) (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 5” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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