Ozzuu Bible
en_KJV1769D - 1Ez 7Config
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
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And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
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Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
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I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
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And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
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And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
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That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
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The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
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Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
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Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
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Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
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And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
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Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,
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Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
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And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.
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And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians
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And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.
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And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
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And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
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The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
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And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.
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They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.
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And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
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And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.
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For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
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Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
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Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
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Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
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And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
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For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
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For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
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And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
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But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.
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Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.
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For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.
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And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
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And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
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And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.
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And the most High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and misery shall pass away, and the long suffering shall have an end:
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And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shewed, and the good deeds shall be of force, and wicked deeds shall bear no rule.
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Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:
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And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:
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Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
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He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where much glory doth abide; therefore have they prayed for the weak.
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But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past,
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Intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, righteousness is grown, and truth is sprung up.
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Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.
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I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
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For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?
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O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.
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For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
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And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?
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And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?
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And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
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And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
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And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
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For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.
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Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
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That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
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For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.
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Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no nor me which have spoken unto them,
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That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.
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I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
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And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.
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For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.
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And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.
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And being judge, if he should not forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,