Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"and he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place." — Ezra 5:15 (ASV)
Take these vessels, go, carry them ... and let the house of God ... —The three imperatives in this verse, without a copula, followed by a fourth, vividly express the feeling of the suppliants in the remembrance of the decree: thus we have another note of historical truth.