This version is taken from the old translations and compared with the newer ones and then the NAME of YAHWEH restored. Also when there is a direct reference to YAHWEH in the form of "HIM HIS, HE or YOU and YOUR" has been chaptalized.
Contents
The Second Book Of EZRA Name Restored
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 1
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 2
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 3
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 4
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 5
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 6
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 7
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 8
The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 9
The Fourth Book Of EZRA Name Restored
1 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 1.
2 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 2.
THE FIRST VISION.
3 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 3.
4 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 4.
THE SECOND VISION.
5 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 5.
THE THIRD VISION.
6 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 6.
7 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 7.
8 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 8.
THE FOURTH VISION.
9 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 9.
10 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 10.
THE FIFTH VISION.
11 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 11.
12 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 12.
THE SIXTH VISION.
13 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 13.
THE SEVENTH VISION.
14 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 14.
15 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 15.
16 EZRA -4- ESDRAS - Chapter 16.
Get understanding for it shall preserve you against the deceiver in the final hour we are coming to in the end of sixth day.
The Argument Moses in effect declareth the things which are here chiefly to be considered: First, that the world, and all things therein, were created by God, and that man being placed in this great Tabernacle of the world to behold God's wonderful works, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, wherewith he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience; who yet for his own mercies' sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assureth us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the rest of the Patriarchs, that his mercies never fail them, whom he chooseth to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he ever assisteth them, sendeth comfort, and delivereth them. And because the beginning, increase, preservation and success thereof might be only attributed to God, Moses sheweth by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, which were noble in man's judgment, that this Church dependeth not on the estimation and nobility of the world; and also by fewness of them, which have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word, that it standeth not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the Name of God ever more praised.
The book of Ezra offers a three-fold thematic scheme that supports the central claim of the Pentateuch, the claim found in Deuteronomy 6:4 and known to the Jews as “the Shema,” a verse that declares the God of Israel is one, true and living God, a theme that undergirds all of the historical books as well. Thus, the foundational theme of Ezra is the central claim of the Pentateuch, a theme shared by all books of the Holy Scriptures. The secondary, structural theme of the book of Ezra supports the primary theme of the historical books by offering the testimony of God’s covenant love to make provision for Israel’s redemption by returning them from Babylonian captivity as they are called to persevere against persecutions as supporting evidence that YHWH is the true and living God. The third, imperative theme of the book of Ezra states that Israel loved the Lord their God with all of their strength by obeying Him in rebuilding the Temple and instituting its services amidst persecutions. Because the rebuilding of the Temple is a type and figure of the New Testament Church, the application of the third theme for today’s reader is a similar message to persevere in the midst of persecutions in the Christian journey. The New Testament believer is to follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit for God’s direction in his daily life in order to persevere.