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Ezra 9

Ezra 9:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And now for a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
ηspace
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
grace
tchinnah (Hebrew #8467)
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
KJV usage: favour, grace, supplication.
Pronounce: tekh-in-naw'
Origin: from 2603
hath been showed from the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, to leave
sha'ar (Hebrew #7604)
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
KJV usage: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
Pronounce: shaw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
us a remnant to escape
pleytah (Hebrew #6413)
feminine of 6412; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
KJV usage: deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.
Pronounce: pel-ay-taw'
Origin: or pletah {pel-ay-taw'}
, and to give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us θa nail
yathed (Hebrew #3489)
a peg
KJV usage: nail, paddle, pin, stake.
Pronounce: yaw-thade'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast
in his holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
, that our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
may lighten
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
z our eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, and give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
us a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
reviving
michyah (Hebrew #4241)
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
KJV usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Pronounce: mikh-yaw'
Origin: from 2421
a in our bondage
`abduwth (Hebrew #5659)
servitude
KJV usage: bondage.
Pronounce: ab-dooth'
Origin: from 5647
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moment.
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or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode,
Isa. 22:23• 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house: (Isa. 22:23)
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Psa. 13:3• 3Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 85:6• 6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa. 85:6)

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Bondage,
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Nail,
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Ministry on This Verse

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little space.
Heb. moment.
grace hath.
Ezra 9:9• 9For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. (Ezra 9:9)
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Neh. 1:11• 11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer. (Neh. 1:11)
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Neh. 9:31• 31Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful *God. (Neh. 9:31)
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Hab. 3:2• 2Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, and I feared. Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known: In wrath remember mercy! (Hab. 3:2)
a remnant.
Ezra 9:14• 14should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor any to escape? (Ezra 9:14)
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2 Kings 19:4,30‑31• 4It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.
 30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And out of mount Zion they that escape: The zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall do this. (2 Kings 19:4,30‑31)
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Isa. 1:9• 9Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:9)
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Jer. 42:2• 2came near and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication come before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant (for we are left a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us); (Jer. 42:2)
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Jer. 44:14• 14and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape. (Jer. 44:14)
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Ezek. 6:8‑9• 8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
 9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives, when I shall have broken their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, in all their abominations. (Ezek. 6:8‑9)
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Ezek. 14:22• 22But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of it, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought upon it. (Ezek. 14:22)
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Zech. 8:6,12• 6Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be wonderful in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.
 12for the seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. (Zech. 8:6,12)
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Rom. 9:27• 27But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved: (Rom. 9:27)
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Rom. 11:5‑6• 5Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
 6But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace. (Rom. 11:5‑6)
a nail.
or a pin.
i.e., a constant and sure abode.
Eccl. 12:11• 11The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd. (Eccl. 12:11)
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Isa. 22:23‑25• 23And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:
 24and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all the small vessels, as well the vessels of cups as all the vessels of flagons.
 25In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in a sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 22:23‑25)
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Zech. 10:4• 4From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every exactor together. (Zech. 10:4)
in his holy place.
Isa. 56:5• 5even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. (Isa. 56:5)
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Rev. 3:12• 12He that overcomes, him will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more at all out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven, from my God, and my new name. (Rev. 3:12)
lighten.
1 Sam. 14:27,29• 27But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he put forth the end of his staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
 29And Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, that mine eyes are bright, because I tasted a little of this honey. (1 Sam. 14:27,29)
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Job 33:30• 30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33:30)
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Psa. 13:3• 3Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 34:5• 5They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded. (Psa. 34:5)
reviving.
Psa. 85:6• 6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa. 85:6)
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Psa. 138:7• 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. (Psa. 138:7)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Ezek. 37:11‑14• 11And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
 12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and bring you into the land of Israel.
 13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and have caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.
 14And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done it, saith Jehovah. (Ezek. 37:11‑14)
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Hos. 6:2• 2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face; (Hos. 6:2)
• {v.8-9} And then he owned the grace that had been shown to them from the Lord their God in bringing back a remnant. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a naila in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "tent-pin." see Isa. 22.23.