H5830G–עֶזְרָא–ez.ra

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

עֶזְרָא֙ 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

This Ezra went from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

עֶזְרָא֙ 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

עֶזְרָא֙ 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

לְעֶזְרָ֥א (עֶזְרָ֥א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

עֶזְרָא֙ 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

לְעֶזְרָ֔א (עֶזְרָ֔א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

עֶזְרָ֡א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

Then Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

עֶזְרָ֗א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives to increase the trespass of Israel.

עֶזְרָ֤א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

עֶזְרָ֨א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And all the people assembled as one man in the street that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

לְעֶזְרָ֣א (עֶזְרָ֣א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

עֶזְרָ֣א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

עֶזְרָ֣א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

עֶזְרָ֤א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

עֶזְרָ֔א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And Nehemiah, who is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

וְעֶזְרָ֣א (עֶזְרָ֣א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And on the second day were assembled the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

עֶזְרָ֖א 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

וְעֶזְרָ֥א (עֶזְרָ֥א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”

And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

וְעֶזְרָ֥א (עֶזְרָ֥א) 'ez.Ra' “Ezra”