Ezra 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Whose spirit

General references

Exodus 35:21

Psalm 102:14

Bible References

Whose spirit

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to accomplish the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia and he sent a message to all of his kingdom and also [put the message] in writing:

And in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he {made a proclamation} throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:

I got up during the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anybody what my God put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No animal [was] with me except the animal that I was riding on.

To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.

But thanks [be] to God, who has put in the heart of Titus the same devotion {on your behalf},

For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

General references

And they came--every man whose heart lifted him and every man whose spirit impelled him--they brought Yahweh's contribution for the work of the tent of assembly and for all its service and for the holy garments.

Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to its dust.