Ezra 9:9

“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.”

"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." - Ezra 9:9
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What does Ezra 9:9 mean?

Ezra 9:9 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads: "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…

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Revived from Bondage: A Journey of Restoration

The book of Ezra provides a profound narrative of restoration and revival. In Ezra 9:9, we read: "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…

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A Prayer for Divine Mercy and Restoration

O Sovereign Lord, our God, we come before You, humbly bowing our hearts in reverence and gratitude for Your unyielding mercy. In the words of Ezra 9:9 we find hope and solace: "For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us…

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Ezra 9:9 - "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."
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Ezra 9:1-2
Ezra 2:9 - "The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore."
Ezra 8:9 - "Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males."
Ezra 1:9 - "And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,"
"The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore." - Ezra 2:9
Ezra 9:10 - "And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,"
Ezra 5:9 - "Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?"
Ezra 4:9 - "Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,"
Ezra 9:3 - "And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied."
Ezra 3:9 - "Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites."
Ezra 9:2 - "For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass."
"Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males." - Ezra 8:9
Ezra 9:4 - "Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice."
Ezra 9:15 - "O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this."
Ezra 9:14 - "Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?"
"And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives," - Ezra 1:9
Ezra 7:9 - "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."
Ezra 9:5 - "¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,"
Ezra 9:6 - "And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens."
Ezra 9:13 - "And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;"