Ezra 7:14 (DRB)

Passage

For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:12 Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting.

Ezra 7:13 It is decreed by me, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the priests and of the Levites in my realm, that are minded to go into Jerusalem, should go with thee.

Ezra 7:14 For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.

Ezra 7:15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:16 And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to offer, and that the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "sent", "before", "king", "seven", "counsellors", "visit", and "judea". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "It is decreed by me that all..." into verse 15's "And to carry the silver and gold...", so "thou" and "sent" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.