Passage Research
Ezra 1 — Sermon Preparation
Cyrus king of Persia issues a decree permitting the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple, and restores the temple vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar. Below is a research summary for Ezra 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 11
- verses
- 186 / 89
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ezra 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כּוֹרֶשׁ | Kôwresh | H3566 | 5 | Koresh |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 7 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| פָּרַס | Pâraç | H6539 | 4 | Paras |
| זָהָב | zâhâb | H2091 | 5 | gold, something gold-colored |
| כֶּסֶף | keçeph | H3701 | 5 | silver, pale |
| כְּלִי | kᵉlîy | H3627 | 4 | prepared, apparatus |
| אֲגַרְטָל | ʼăgarṭâl | H105 | 2 | basin |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have, I. The proclamation which Cyrus, king of Persia, issued out for the release of all the Jews that he found captives in Babylon, and the building of their temple in Jerusalem, ver. 1-4. II. The return of many thereupon, ver. 5, 6. III. Orders given for the restoring of the vessels of the temple, ver. 7-11. And this is the dawning of the day of their deliverance. The Proclamation of Cyrus. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Ezra 1:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Persia— Ezra 1:1
- Babylonia— Ezra 1:11
- Jerusalem— Ezra 1:11
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