Ezra 4:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 4:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 4:16 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 4:16 — KJV
“We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.”
— Ezra 4:16 (KJV)
Ezra 4:16 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 4:16
“Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. pay: Chaldee, give revenue: or, strength”
Shares key themes with Ezra 4:16: king, city, builded
“When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege to employ...: Heb. to go from before thee”
Shares key themes with Ezra 4:16: king, city, again
“For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 4:16: king, again, walls
“For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 4:16: king, city, again
“And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 4:16: city, again, thereof
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