Ezra 3:2 (GNV)

Passage

Then stoode vp Ieshua rhe sonne of Iozadak, and his brethren the Priests, and Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in ye Lawe of Moses the man of God,

Nearby Context

Ezra 3:1 And when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the people assembled themselues as one man vnto Ierusalem.

Ezra 3:2 Then stoode vp Ieshua rhe sonne of Iozadak, and his brethren the Priests, and Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in ye Lawe of Moses the man of God,

Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar vpon his bases (for feare was among them, because of the people of those countreis) therefore they offered burnt offrings thereon vnto the Lord, euen burnt offrings in the morning, and at euen.

Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written, and the burnt offring dayly, by nomber according to the custome day by day,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stoode", "ieshua", "sonne", "iozadak", "brethren", "priests", and "zerubbabel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stoode" and "ieshua", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And when the seuenth moneth was come..." into verse 3's "And they set the altar vpon his...", so "stoode" and "ieshua" 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 "stoode" and "ieshua" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.