Esdras 5:8

8 Saiba o rei que nós fomos � província de Judá, � casa do grande Deus, a qual se edifica com grandes pedras, e já a madeira está sendo posta nas paredes, e esta obra vai-se fazendo com diligência, e se adianta em suas mãos.

Esdras 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 5:8

Be it known unto the king
This seems to have been the usual form of beginning a letter to a king in those days, ( Ezra 4:12 ) that we went into the province of Judea; which from a kingdom was reduced to a province, and was become a part of the Babylonian, now Persian, monarchy, see ( Ezra 2:1 ) to the house of the great God; as the Jews called the Lord their God; and even the Heathens had a notion that there was one supreme God, though they worshipped inferior ones; and some had a notion that Jehovah the God of the Jews was he:

which is builded with great stones;
marble stones; as Jarchi ^F17, stones of rolling, as it may be rendered; which, according to Aben Ezra, were so large and heavy, that they could not be carried, but were obliged to roll them:

and timber is laid in the walls,
cedar wood, as Aben Ezra interprets it, for beams, for flooring and raftering; or rather, is put upon the walls, for the lining and wainscoting of them, which was done with cedar wood:

and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands;
and, unless timely prevented, will soon be finished.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 So David de Pomis, Tzemach David, fol. 15. 3.

Esdras 5:8 In-Context

6 A cópia da carta que Tatenai, o governador da província a oeste do Rio, e Setar-Bozenai, e os seus companheiros, os governadores, que estavam deste lado do Rio, enviaram ao rei Dario;

7 enviaram-lhe um relatório, no qual estava escrito: Ao rei Dario toda a paz.

8 Saiba o rei que nós fomos � província de Judá, � casa do grande Deus, a qual se edifica com grandes pedras, e já a madeira está sendo posta nas paredes, e esta obra vai-se fazendo com diligência, e se adianta em suas mãos.

9 Então perguntamos �queles anciãos, falando-lhes assim: Quem vos deu ordem para edificar esta casa, e completar este muro?

10 Além disso lhes perguntamos pelos seus nomes, para tos declararmos, isto é, para te escrevermos os nomes dos homens que entre eles são os chefes.