Ezra 1:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the LORD’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed in the temple of his gods.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ הוֹצִ֖יא אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצִ֤יא נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And the melek kōreš hōṣî ʾeth-kǝlê bêth-YHWH which hōṣî nǝḇûkadneṣṣar from yǝrûšālaim and yittǝnēm in bêth ʾĕlōhāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ha*: definite article - the
• *melek*: masculine singular - king
• *kōreš*: proper noun - Cyrus
• *hōṣî*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - brought out
• *ʾeth*: direct object marker
• *kǝlê*: masculine plural construct - vessels of
• *bêth*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *nǝḇûkadneṣṣar*: proper noun - Nebuchadnezzar
• *mi*: preposition - from
• *yǝrûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *wa*: consecutive conjunction
• *yittǝnēm*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal with waw consecutive and 3rd masculine plural suffix - put them/placed them
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gods

Word Meanings

• *hōṣî*: brought out/removed/took out
• *kǝlê*: vessels/articles/utensils
• *yittǝnēm*: put them/placed them/set them
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: his gods/his deity [referring to pagan deity]

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 24:13 : 13 Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the LORD’s temple, just as the LORD had warned.
• 2 Chr 36:7 : 7 Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the LORD’s temple to Babylon and put them in his palace there.
• Ezra 5:14 : 14 Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace of Babylon– even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor.
• Ezra 6:5 : 5 Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.’
• 2 Chr 36:10 : 10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the LORD’s temple. In his place he made his relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 36:18 : 18 He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials.
• 2 Kgs 25:13-16 : 13 The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the LORD’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” They took the bronze to Babylon. 14 They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests. 15 The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins. 16 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.
• Jer 27:21-22 : 21 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel has already spoken about the valuable articles that are left in the LORD’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 22 He has said,‘They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ I, the LORD, affirm this!”
• Jer 28:3-6 : 3 Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon. 4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.’ Indeed, the LORD affirms,‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.’” 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the LORD’s temple. 6 The prophet Jeremiah said,“Amen! May the LORD do all this! May the LORD make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the LORD’s temple and the people who were carried into exile.
• Dan 1:2 : 2 Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.
• Dan 5:2-3 : 2 While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels– the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem– so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them. 3 So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.
• Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!