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Based on the NKJV, David Guzik’s commentary on Ezra assumes the full trustworthiness and authority of Scripture, combining insights from scholars throughout the ages. Guzik provides clear exposition, designed to help Bible readers understand what the text says, and what it means. Calvary Chapel pastor Guzik forgoes formality and dives straight into the text—no lengthy introductions or extensive...

a. With all whose spirits God had moved: Though the returning exiles were a minority, they were a spirit-stirred minority. They were dedicated to the difficult and discouraging task of returning to a ruined city and once there to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. i. It was essential that God move the spirits of these returning exiles, because they faced many difficulties. • The journey itself was long, dangerous, and expensive.
Ezra 1:5–6