Ezra 9:8

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Ezra 9:8

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Psalm 13:3

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

1 Samuel 14:27

But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

1 Samuel 14:29

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

2 Kings 19:4

Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

2 Kings 19:30-31

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Ezra 9:9

For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:13-15

After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.”Now I was the cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 9:31

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Psalm 34:5

They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.

Psalm 85:6

Will You not Yourself revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.

Isaiah 1:9

Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 22:23-25

“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

Isaiah 56:5

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our petition come before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, that is for all this remnant; because we are left but a few out of many, as your own eyes now see us,

Jeremiah 44:14

So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”

Ezekiel 6:8-9

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

Ezekiel 14:22

Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.

Ezekiel 37:11-14

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’

Hosea 6:2

“He will revive us after two days;
He will raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.

Habakkuk 3:2

Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

Zechariah 8:6

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If it is too difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too difficult in My sight?’ declares the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 8:12

‘For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

Zechariah 10:4

“From them will come the cornerstone,
From them the tent peg,
From them the bow of battle,
From them every ruler, all of them together.

Romans 9:27

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

Romans 11:5-6

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

Revelation 3:12

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; 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 out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

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Summary

Ezra 9:8

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Grace hath

A remnant

A nail

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Isaiah 22:23

Zechariah 10:4

In his holy place

Isaiah 56:5

Revelation 3:12

Lighten

Reviving

Hosea 6:2

General references

Isaiah 14:3

Bible References

Grace hath

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember

mercy.

A remnant

shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape?

Unless the Lord of hosts

Had left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.

So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are

longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If it is

too difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be

too difficult in My sight?’ declares the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be

like the sand of the sea, it is

the remnant that will be saved;

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

A nail

The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

“From them will come the cornerstone,
From them the tent peg,
From them the bow of battle,
From them every ruler, all of them together.

In his holy place

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Lighten

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;

Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.

Reviving

Will You not Yourself

revive us again,

That Your people may rejoice in You?

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will

revive me;

You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’

“He will revive us after two days;
He will raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.

General references

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,