Ezra 5:5

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Summary

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

But the eye

Then they returned

Ezra 6:6

Bible References

But the eye

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

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Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Then they returned

So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place: