Ezra 8

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there by the Ahava canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our children and all our possessions. 2
  • 8:22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is on all who seek him, for their good, but his power and his anger are against all who forsake him." 1

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Where it is preached

  1. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Holy Spirit in the Days of the Restoration cites Ezra viii. 21

    …so fully trusted God that he would not even ask an escort. How touching his language! Ezra viii. 21, “Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves…

  2. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    September cites Ezra 8:22

    …good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.” (Ezra 8:22) A convoy on many accounts would have been desirable for the pilgrim band, but a holy…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 7 cites Ezra 8:21

    …to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones; and he was entreated of us.” (Ezra 8:21.) So Nehemiah: I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, and said, Prosper, I pray…