Ezra 9:9

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For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Jerusalem and Judea were the restored Jewish homeland, where God’s temple stood and where the returned exiles sought to rebuild covenant life. Persia was the ruling empire whose kings granted protection and support, which Ezra sees as God’s merciful preservation of his people after exile.

Places in this passage

Ezra 9:9 mentions Jerusalem, Judea and Persia.

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13

Photo of Persia — Persia · Hadis Faghiri