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وَنَادَيْتُ هُنَاكَ بِصَوْمٍ عَلَى نَهْرِ أَهْوَا لِكَيْ نَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلهِنَا لِنَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمَةً لَنَا وَلأَطْفَالِنَا وَلِكُلِّ مَالِنَا.
التفاسير
مقتطفات جُمعت من تفاسير منشورة لترسيخ القراءة.
Ezra has procured Levites to go along with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? That is therefore his chief care. In all our ways we must acknowledge God, and in those particularly wherein we are endeavouring to serve the interest of his kingdom among men. Ezra does so here. Observe, I. The stedfast confidence he had in God and in his gracious protection. He told the king (Ezr 8:22) what principles he went upon, that those who seek God are safe under the shadow of his wings, even in their greats dangers, but that those who forsake him are continually exposed, even when they are most secure. God's servants have his power engaged for them; his enemies have it engaged against them. This Ezra believed with his heart, and with his mouth made confession of it before the king; and therefore he was ashamed to ask of the king a convoy, lest thereby he should give occasion to the king, and those about him, to suspect either God's power to help his people or Ezra's confidence in that power. Those that trust in God, and triumph in him, will be ashamed of seeking to the creature for protection, especially of using any sorry shifts for their own safety, because thereby they contradict themselves and their own confidence. Not but that those who depend upon God must use proper means for their preservation, and they need not be ashamed to do so; but, when the honour of God is concerned, one would rather expose one's-self than do any thing to the prejudice of that, which ought to be dearer to us than our lives. II. The solemn application he made to God in that confidence: He proclaimed a fast, Ezr 8:21. No doubt he had himself begged of God direction in this affair from the first time he had it in his thoughts; but for public mercies public prayers must be made, th…
افتح المصدر ↗8:21 fast and humble ourselves: Ezra recognized the need to look to God for the protection, safety, and health of 5,000 people going 800 miles on foot. Robbers might be hiding in the hills, there was danger in crossing rivers, and people could get sick.
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فَخَافَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ لِيَطْلُبَ الرَّبَّ، وَنَادَى بِصَوْمٍ فِي كُلِّ يَهُوذَا.
قَدِّسُوا صَوْمًا. نَادُوا بِاعْتِكَافٍ. اجْمَعُوا الشُّيُوخَ، جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَاصْرُخُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ.
فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى الْمِصْفَاةِ وَاسْتَقَوْا مَاءً وَسَكَبُوهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَصَامُوا فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَقَالُوا هُنَاكَ: «قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَى الرَّبِّ». وَقَضَى صَمُوئِيلُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.
وَأُذُنَاكَ تَسْمَعَانِ كَلِمَةً خَلْفَكَ قَائِلَةً: «هذِهِ هِيَ الطَّرِيقُ. اسْلُكُوا فِيهَا». حِينَمَا تَمِيلُونَ إِلَى الْيَمِينِ وَحِينَمَا تَمِيلُونَ إِلَى الْيَسَارِ.
فَآمَنَ أَهْلُ نِينَوَى بِاللهِ وَنَادَوْا بِصَوْمٍ وَلَبِسُوا مُسُوحًا مِنْ كَبِيرِهِمْ إِلَى صَغِيرِهِمْ.
«وَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً، أَنَّكُمْ فِي الشَّهْرِ السَّابعِ فِي عَاشِرِ الشَّهْرِ تُذَلِّلُونَ نُفُوسَكُمْ، وَكُلَّ عَمَل لاَ تَعْمَلُونَ: الْوَطَنِيُّ وَالْغَرِيبُ النَّازِلُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ.
إِنَّ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَتَذَلَّلُ فِي هذَا الْيَوْمِ عَيْنِهِ تُقْطَعُ مِنْ شَعْبِهَا.
وَأُسَيِّرُ الْعُمْيَ فِي طَرِيق لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا. فِي مَسَالِكَ لَمْ يَدْرُوهَا أُمَشِّيهِمْ. أَجْعَلُ الظُّلْمَةَ أَمَامَهُمْ نُورًا، وَالْمُعْوَجَّاتِ مُسْتَقِيمَةً. هذِهِ الأُمُورُ أَفْعَلُهَا وَلاَ أَتْرُكُهُمْ.
يَا رَبُّ، اهْدِنِي إِلَى بِرِّكَ بِسَبَبِ أَعْدَائِي. سَهِّلْ قُدَّامِي طَرِيقَكَ.
فِي كُلِّ طُرُقِكَ اعْرِفْهُ، وَهُوَ يُقَوِّمُ سُبُلَكَ.