Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
We were bondmen
Yet our god
To set up
General references
Bible References
We were bondmen
Nehemiah 9:36 “Behold, we are slaves today,
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.
Yet our god
Psalm 106:45 And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
Andrelented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
And
Psalm 136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Ezekiel 11:16
Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’
In the sight
Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:
Ezra 6:1
Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
To set up
Ezra 6:14
And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Haggai 1:9
“You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of hosts, “Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.
Zechariah 4:6
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.
General references
Nehemiah 9:36 “Behold, we are slaves today,
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.
And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves in it.
Psalm 106:46 He also made them objects of compassion
In the presence of all their captors.
In the presence of all their captors.
Isaiah 14:3
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,