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Ezra 4:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezra 4:3

Verse 3 of 24

Scripture focus

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

Ezra 4:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 4:3

Theological / Devotional

Ye have nothing to do. From the sad experience of Babylonian exile, the Jews had learned one thing well—to resist the temptation to join idolaters in any kind of enterprise. Unfaithfulness to God had resulted from the unholy connections the pre-exilic Jews had made with other nations, and the end of this course of action had been disgrace and disaster. The Jews had therefore determined not to fall into that error again, a vow that, with few exceptions, postexilic Jewry rigorously kept. If anything, they went to the opposite extreme.

The break with the Samaritans at this time proved final. The result was hatred and mutual aversion and contempt, which continued through the centuries (see Luke 9:52-54; John 4:9).

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