Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Ezra's doxology — 'blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord' — interprets Artaxerxes' favorable decree as a divine act mediated through a Persian ruler. The theological claim is bold: God moves the heart of a pagan king to serve divine purposes, echoing the pattern of Cyrus's role in Isaiah 44:28-45:1 ('Cyrus, my shepherd… my anointed'). This use of Gentile political authority as a vehicle of divine purpose becomes a template for understanding God's sovereignty over secular history in ways that confound simplistic divisions between sacred and political. Nehemiah 2:8's similar doxology ('the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me') follows the same theological logic.
תרגומים נוספים
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem,
Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
הפניות צולבות
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned …
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he …
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify …
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein …
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the …
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all …
Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our …
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they …
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my …