Ezra 5:1
Tattenai’s Letter to Darius
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Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
Read Ezra 5:1 Using Other Translations
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
What does Ezra 5:1 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ver. 1. Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah
the
Ezra 5:2
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Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua
the
son of Jozadak
Whose spirits were stirred up and quickened by the ministry of
the prophets, the Lord accompanying it by his Spirit, ( Haggai 1:12 Haggai 1:14 ) ,
and began to build the house of God which is at
Jerusalem;
to go on with the building of it; for they had laid the
foundation before, and perhaps had carried it up to some little
height, at least, before they ceased from it, ( Ezra 3:10 )
and with them were the prophets of God helping
them;
with words of counsel, comfort, and exhortation, directing and
encouraging them, and promising them protection and success:
these are the prophets before named.
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