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