--- title: "Ezra 5 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Ezra 5 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 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 o" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/ezra/5" --- [ Read](/kjv/ezra/5)[ Commentary](/study/ezra/5)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ezra/5) Audio 1 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. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which *is* at Jerusalem: and with them *were* the prophets of God helping them. 3 ¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?* 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this *matter*. 6 ¶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which *were* on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.* 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.* 9 Then asked we those elders, *and* said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that *were* the chief of them. 11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. 12 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. 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon *the same* king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that *was* in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto *one*, whose name *was* Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;* 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that *is* in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, *and* laid the foundation of the house of God which *is* in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and *yet* it is not finished. 17 Now therefore, if *it seem* good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which *is* there at Babylon, whether it be *so*, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. [Ezra 4](/study/ezra/4) [Ezra 6](/study/ezra/6) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Ezr 5:1](/kjv/ezr/5/1) 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. Ver. 1. **Then the prophets** ] He that is now called a prophet was previously called a seer, [1 Samuel 9:9](/kjv/1-samuel/9/9) , because his eyes were enlightened, [Numbers 24:3](/kjv/numbers/24/3) , and he saw visions of God,[Eze 1:1](/kjv/-eze/1/1) [Daniel 1:17](/kjv/daniel/1/17) , prophets they were afterwards called, that is, interpreters of God’s will by his command: [Exodus 7:1](/kjv/exodus/7/1) , "Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet," that is, thine interpreter. By the mouth of these holy prophets God spake to his people in all ages, [Luke 1:70](/kjv/luke/1/70) . Yet not without some intermissions of prophecy, as the Church complaineth, [Psalms 74:9](/kjv/psalms/74/9) , till that *Cathimath Chazon* (as the Jews call it), the sealing up of prophecy, which they place between the prophet Malachi and John Baptist, who was more than a prophet. The original word, *Nabi,* signifieth one that, from the inward counsel of God, uttereth oracles. **** **Haggai the prophet** ] Who was not an angel incarnate, as Origen and Jerome held; but a young saint (as Epiphanius describeth him), and might therefore well be an old angel, if he lived to be old: *Iuvenis admodum ex Babylone profectus est Hierosolymam, &c.* An exceedingly young man left from Babylon for Jerusalem. (Epiph. lib. de Proph. Vit.). See more of him, [Haggai 1:1](/kjv/haggai/1/1) . *See Trapp on "*[Hag 1:1](/kjv/-hag/1/1) *"* **** **And Zechariah the son of Iddo** ] That is, of "Berechiah the son of Iddo," [Zechariah 1:1](/kjv/zechariah/1/1) , *See Trapp on "*[Zec 1:1](/kjv/-zec/1/1) *"* These two God sent within two months of each other, in the eighteenth year of the people’s return out of Babylon; which happened to be in the second year of the reign of Darius Hystaspes, in 520 BC. according to Ussher’s Chronology. Christ usually sent his prophets and apostles by couples, for mutual comfort, and greater confirmation. **** **Prophesied unto the Jews** ] Who had brought a judgment of sore famine upon themselves by their slackness and backwardness to rebuild the house of God, [Haggai 1:4](/kjv/haggai/1/4) ; [Haggai 1:6](/kjv/haggai/1/6) ; *See Trapp on "*[Hag 1:4](/kjv/-hag/1/4) *"* *See Trapp on "*[Hag 1:6](/kjv/-hag/1/6) *"* and learn, of the heathen historian, to prefer God’s interest before thine own, or else to look for his curse, τα του Yεου πρεσβυτερα η τα των ανθρωπων (Herodot.). For he is a great King, and stands upon his seniority, [Malachi 1:14](/kjv/malachi/1/14) ; he will have us first to seek his kingdom, [Matthew 6:33](/kjv/matthew/6/33) , and to give unto God the things that are God’s, or we shall hear of him, to our small comfort, [Matthew 22:21](/kjv/matthew/22/21) . **** **In the name of the God of Israel** ] Who both authorized and enabled them. God sendeth none whom he gifteth not. The apostles also were ambassadors in the same name, [2 Corinthians 5:20](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/20) , and so colleagues to the prophets, [Luke 10:16](/kjv/luke/10/16) , see [1 Peter 1:12](/kjv/1-peter/1/12) ; angels admiring the matter of their embassy, and their happy harmony. **** **Even unto them** ] Who yet were very little amended by their seventy years’ captivity. Afflictions (God’s hammers) had but beaten upon cold iron (as it were), as appears by this history, and by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah; whom, for his labour and love to their souls, they afterwards slew between the temple and the altar, [Matthew 23:35](/kjv/matthew/23/35) , serving him as Hercules did his tutor Linus, whom, for a few sharp words given him, he knocked on the head, *Hoc ictu ceu didactro accepto Linus mortuus est* (Buchol.). Or, as their ancestors did the prophet Isaiah, whom they sawed asunder (saith Jerome out of the Rabbis), because he had called them princes of Sodom and people of Gomorrah, [Isaiah 1:10](/kjv/isaiah/1/10) . 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