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Ezra 5:12 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Ezra 5:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezra chapter 5 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.”
Ezra 5:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezra 5:12
The elders' confession of national sin is theologically remarkable: "Our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath." The Aramaic hargizu (provoked to anger) acknowledges that exile was divine judgment, not merely political misfortune. They accepted responsibility rather than blaming circumstances, demonstrating genuine repentance and covenant understanding.Nebuchadnezzar is explicitly named as God's instrument: God "gave them into the hand of" the Babylonian king. This confession echoes Jeremiah's prophecy that Nebuchadnezzar was God's servant executing divine judgment (Jeremiah 25:9)....
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezra 5:12
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“and despised his words”
“and have dealt perversely”
“(in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah”
“and bands of the Syrians”
“and rebelled against you”
“in the tenth month”
“if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God”
“Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people”
“and the city was besieged.”
“who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera”