Ezra 7:14 (WEB)

Passage

Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now

Ezra 7:13 I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

Ezra 7:14 Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

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

Ezra 7:16 and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sent", "king", "seven", "counselors", "inquire", "concerning", "judah", and "jerusalem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sent" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I make a decree that all those..." into verse 15's "and to carry the silver and gold...", so "sent" and "king" 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 "sent" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.