Ezra, The Law Restored (Ezra 1:1-10:44)

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Ezra, The Law Restored

Ezra 1:1-10:44

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Ezra 1:1-10:44

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This song belongs to the Ezra collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book: Ezra
Collection: Ezra
Musical styles: Country & Americana

Seventy years God remembered his people Babylon let them go home Cyrus heard a word he did not choose God had stirred his heart to lose the chains 50,000 souls walked out of Babylon Back to holy ground Through dust and plain Bring us back, Lord Bring us back to you Every stone we lay is an act of faith In the God who keeps his word They lay, lay the stones and the old man wept The young ones shouted when the trumpets rang Till Haggai rose and spoke the word of God And the people built again Bring us back, Noah Bring us back to You Every stone we lay is an act of faith In the God who keeps His Word Ezra came with the law in his hands The people fell and wept upon the stone He is good, his love endures He is good, his love endures

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Named in this songBabylon Cyrus Haggai Noah Ezra

About the passage

Ezra 1: The return begins in a royal proclamation

Ezra 1 begins with no demolition, battle, or homecoming scene. It begins with a royal document. Cyrus declares that the house of the LORD in Jerusalem may be rebuilt, and the Book of Ezra places that decree inside the fulfillment of Jeremiah's word. The same chapter then turns from permission to response. God raises the spirits of household leaders, priests, Levites, and others to go, while neighbors supply silver, gold, goods, animals, and voluntary offerings. Finally, the temple vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar leave imperial custody under an inventory and named custodians. Restoration begins here as both divine stirring and organized transfer, with people, resources, legal authority, and sacred objects all moving toward Jerusalem.

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Ezra 2: A returned people counted by name and place

Ezra 2 turns the return into a register. Families are counted by ancestral names, other groups by towns, and temple servants by their particular work. The Book of Ezra also preserves what the records cannot settle: some households cannot demonstrate Israelite descent, and some priestly claimants cannot locate the genealogy required for service. The chapter refuses to turn those missing documents into invented certainty. Its totals, servants, singers, transport animals, and offerings make the migration practical as well as communal. By the end, the people are not gathered forever in one camp around Jerusalem. Priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and others settle in their cities, so the long list becomes a map of a people taking up life in the land again.

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Ezra 3: An altar first, then a foundation and mingled voices

Ezra 3 restores worship in an order that may feel backwards at first: altar before temple, sacrifices before foundation, calendar before walls. Jeshua and Zerubbabel lead the people in rebuilding the altar on its established site, and fear of surrounding peoples remains present while morning and evening offerings begin. The chapter then turns to materials, wages, cedar, transport, and supervision, showing how a celebrated foundation depends on ordinary procurement and labor. When the foundation is finally laid, the Book of Ezra refuses to give the moment one emotion. Priests and Levites praise, many people shout for joy, and older witnesses who remember the former house weep loudly. The sounds become impossible to separate, making restoration audible as both recovery and loss at once.

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