Ezra 8:23

23 And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

Ezra 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted, and besought our God for this
Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it:

and he was entreated of us;
accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:23 In-Context

21 And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

22 for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God [is] upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] upon all forsaking Him.'

23 And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

24 And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their brethren ten,

25 and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel -- those present -- lifted up;