23<\/strong>. for this<\/em> ] either prayed for this favour, or as in Ezr 9:15<\/span>, ‘because of this’, i.e. on the ground of this mingled faith and self-abasement.<\/p>\n and he was intreated of us<\/em> ] This phrase occurs also in Gen 25:21<\/span>; 2Sa 21:14<\/span>; 2Sa 24:25 ; 2Ch 33:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n He gave us some assurance of his gracious answer to our request. <\/P> <\/p>\n So we fasted, and besought our God for this<\/strong>,…. Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it:<\/p>\n and he was entreated of us<\/strong>; accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n Ezr 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.<\/p>\n Ver. 23. So we fasted<\/strong> ] They put their holy resolution into execution: purpose without practice is like Rachel, beautiful, but barren. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And besought our God for this<\/strong> ] And they had it, Ezr 8:31<\/span> . For fasting and prayer are like Jonathan’s bow and Saul’s sword, that never turned back or returned empty, 2Sa 1:22<\/span> . God is a liberal rewarder of all such as in this sort diligently seek him, Heb 11:6<\/span> 2Ch 15:2<\/span> . he will turn their fasting into feasting, their prayers into praises, Eze 36:37 Zec 8:19<\/span> . They shall have out their prayers either in money or money’s worth; either in the very thing they desired, or at least strength to stay themselves upon God, with good assurance that his grace shall be sufficient for them, and that he will be their shield, and their exceeding great reward.<\/p>\n we fasted: Neh 9:1, Est 4:16, Dan 9:3, Luk 2:37, Act 10:30 <\/p>\n besought: Jer 29:12, Jer 29:13, Jer 33:3, Jer 50:4, Jer 50:5 <\/p>\n and he was entreated: Ezr 8:31, Deu 4:29, 1Ch 5:20, 2Ch 33:12, 2Ch 33:13, Psa 66:18-20, Isa 19:22, Jer 29:12, Jer 29:13, Mat 7:7, Mat 7:8 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 25:21 – and the Pro 3:6 – In Act 8:24 – Pray<\/p>\n Ezr 8:23. And he was entreated of us They had some comfortable assurance in their own minds that their prayers were answered; and the event showed that they were, for they escaped all the dangers they had been afraid of, and in due time arrived safe in Judea.<\/p>\n So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. 23. for this ] either prayed for this favour, or as in Ezr 9:15, ‘because of this’, i.e. on the ground of this mingled faith and self-abasement. and he was intreated of us ] This phrase occurs also in Gen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:23”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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