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Ezra 9

Ezra 9:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And now for a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
ηspace
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
grace
tchinnah (Hebrew #8467)
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
KJV usage: favour, grace, supplication.
Pronounce: tekh-in-naw'
Origin: from 2603
hath been showed from the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, to leave
sha'ar (Hebrew #7604)
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
KJV usage: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
Pronounce: shaw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
us a remnant to escape
pleytah (Hebrew #6413)
feminine of 6412; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
KJV usage: deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.
Pronounce: pel-ay-taw'
Origin: or pletah {pel-ay-taw'}
, and to give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us θa nail
yathed (Hebrew #3489)
a peg
KJV usage: nail, paddle, pin, stake.
Pronounce: yaw-thade'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast
in his holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
, that our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
may lighten
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
z our eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, and give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
reviving
michyah (Hebrew #4241)
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
KJV usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Pronounce: mikh-yaw'
Origin: from 2421
a in our bondage
`abduwth (Hebrew #5659)
servitude
KJV usage: bondage.
Pronounce: ab-dooth'
Origin: from 5647
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moment.
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or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode,
Isa. 22:23• 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. (Isa. 22:23)
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Psa. 13:3• 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 85:6• 6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa. 85:6)

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Bondage,
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Ministry on This Verse

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little space.
Heb. moment.
grace hath.
Ezra 9:9• 9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. (Ezra 9:9)
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Neh. 1:11• 11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. (Neh. 1:11)
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Neh. 9:31• 31Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. (Neh. 9:31)
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Hab. 3:2• 2O 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 wrath remember mercy. (Hab. 3:2)
a remnant.
Ezra 9:14• 14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? (Ezra 9:14)
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2 Kings 19:4,30‑31• 4It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
 30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. (2 Kings 19:4,30‑31)
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Isa. 1:9• 9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:9)
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Jer. 42:2• 2And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) (Jer. 42:2)
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Jer. 44:14• 14So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. (Jer. 44:14)
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Ezek. 6:8‑9• 8Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
 9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. (Ezek. 6:8‑9)
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Ezek. 14:22• 22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. (Ezek. 14:22)
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Zech. 8:6,12• 6Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.
 12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. (Zech. 8:6,12)
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Rom. 9:27• 27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: (Rom. 9:27)
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Rom. 11:5‑6• 5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
 6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. (Rom. 11:5‑6)
a nail.
or a pin.
i.e., a constant and sure abode.
Eccl. 12:11• 11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. (Eccl. 12:11)
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Isa. 22:23‑25• 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
 24And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
 25In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. (Isa. 22:23‑25)
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Zech. 10:4• 4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. (Zech. 10:4)
in his holy place.
Isa. 56:5• 5Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 56:5)
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Rev. 3:12• 12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Rev. 3:12)
lighten.
1 Sam. 14:27,29• 27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
 29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. (1 Sam. 14:27,29)
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Job 33:30• 30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33:30)
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Psa. 13:3• 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 34:5• 5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. (Psa. 34:5)
reviving.
Psa. 85:6• 6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa. 85:6)
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Psa. 138:7• 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. (Psa. 138:7)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For 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 is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Ezek. 37:11‑14• 11Then 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 are cut off for our parts.
 12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
 13And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
 14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord. (Ezek. 37:11‑14)
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Hos. 6:2• 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (Hos. 6:2)
• {v.8-9} And then he owned the grace that had been shown to them from the Lord their God in bringing back a remnant. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a naila in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "tent-pin." see Isa. 22.23.