this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was (A)a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, (B)according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

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The Return to Jerusalem

31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And (A)the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.

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Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My (A)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.

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(A)Awake, awake, (B)put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake (C)as in the ancient days,
In the generations of old.
(D)Are You not the arm that cut (E)Rahab apart,
And wounded the (F)serpent?

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Separated from God

59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not (A)shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.

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The Reign and Indignation of God

14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
And (A)your bones shall flourish like grass;
The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants,
And His indignation to His enemies.

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17 ‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, (A)You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. (B)There is nothing too [a]hard for You.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:17 difficult

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