OLD TESTAMENTNEW TESTAMENT

Ezra 5:5

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 an answer by letter concerning this matter.

All Commentaries on Ezra 5:5 Go To Ezra 5

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Ancients. Septuagint, "captivity of Juda. "(Haydock) Divine Providence favoured the undertaking. (Delrio adag. 216.) (Menochius) (Psalm xxxii. 18.) His eye sometimes threatens ruin, Amos ix. 8. (Calmet) God did both on this occasion. (Worthington) Hinder. Chaldean, "cause them to leave off, till the matter came to Darius, (Haydock) and his decision was brought back "(Calmet) or Protestants, "and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. "Septuagint, "and they did not molest them, till the sentence should be brought to (or from) Darius; and then it (word) was sent to the tax-gatherer, concerning this affair."

1 min

About Privacy Policy Donate

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20