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
"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things -- we are slaves!
Yet our god
Psalm 106:45
He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
Psalm 136:23
to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,
Ezekiel 11:16
"Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.'
In the sight
Ezra 1:1
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
Ezra 6:1
So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
To set up
Ezra 6:14
The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Haggai 1:9
You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!
Zechariah 4:6
Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all."
General references
Nehemiah 9:36
"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things -- we are slaves!
Psalm 106:46
He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.
Isaiah 14:3
When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,