Ezra 9:8

The English Standar Version

But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold[2] within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.

Cross References

Psalm 13:3

Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Hosea 6:2

After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

Habakkuk 3:2

O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalm 85:6

Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

Revelation 3:12

The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Romans 9:27

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel[3] be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,

Zechariah 10:4

From him shall come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler -- all of them together.

Zechariah 8:12

For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

Zechariah 8:6

Thus says the LORD of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the LORD of hosts?

Ezekiel 14:22

But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.

Jeremiah 44:14

so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives."

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant -- because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us --

Isaiah 56:5

I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

Isaiah 1:9

If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Psalm 34:5

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Ezra 9:9

For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection[3] in Judea and Jerusalem.

2 Kings 19:4

It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left."

1 Samuel 14:29

Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Isaiah 14:3

When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

Psalm 13:4

lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned[6] again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed[7] is its stump.

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,