Ezra 9:8
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| Overview - Ezra 9 | |
| 1 | Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers. |
| 5 | He prays unto God, with confession of sins. |
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Ezra 9:8 (King James Version)
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
- little space
- Hebrew moment. grace hath.
- 9 ; Nehemiah 1:11 ; 9:31 Habakkuk 3:2
- a remnant
- 14 ; 2 Kings 19:4 2 Kings 19:30 2 Kings 19:31 ; Isaiah 1:9 ; Jeremiah 42:2 ; 44:14 Ezekiel 6:8 Ezekiel 6:9 ; 14:22
- Zechariah 8:6 Zechariah 8:12 ; Romans 9:27 ; Romans 11:5 Romans 11:6
- a nail
- or a pin. i.e., a constant and sure abode.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 ; Isaiah 22:23-25 ; Zechariah 10:4
- in his holy place
- Isaiah 56:5 ; Revelation 3:12
- lighten
- 1 Samuel 14:27 1 Samuel 14:29 ; Job 33:30 ; Psalms 13:3 ; 34:5
- reviving
- Psalms 85:6 ; 138:7 Isaiah 57:15 ; Ezekiel 37:11-14 ; Hosea 6:2