Ezra 9:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Though we are slaves,  our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,  giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,  to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Cross References

Ezra 7:6

#– #came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,  which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Zechariah 2:5

The declaration of the Lord: ‘I myself will be a wall  of fire round it, and I will be the glory within it.’

Haggai 1:9

‘You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined  it. Why? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ‘Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Daniel 9:25

Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an Anointed One,  the ruler, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with a square and a moat, but in difficult times.

Ezekiel 11:16

‘Therefore say, “This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them  in the countries where they have gone.”

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 5:2

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of it and even dug out a winepress there. He expected  it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.

Ezra 7:8

Ezra  came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.

Ezra 9:10

Now, our God, what can we say in light of  this? For we have abandoned the commands

Isaiah 14:3

When the Lord gives you rest from your pain,  torment, and the hard labour  you were forced to do,

Ezra 2:68

After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings  for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

Nehemiah 2:17

So I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned.  Come, let’s rebuild Jerusalem’s wall,  so that we will no longer be a disgrace.’

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders which you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.  , But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.

Isaiah 61:4

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former devastations; they will renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.