Ezra 7:21 (YLT)

Passage

`And by me--I Artaxerxes the king--is made a decree to all treasurers who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily:

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:19 `And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem;

Ezra 7:20 and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God, that it falleth to thee to give, thou dost give from the treasure-house of the king.

Ezra 7:21 `And by me--I Artaxerxes the king--is made a decree to all treasurers who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily:

Ezra 7:22 Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unto oil a hundred baths, and salt without reckoning;

Ezra 7:23 all that <FI>is<Fi> by the decree of the God of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "me--i", "artaxerxes", "king--is", "decree", "treasurers", "beyond", "river", and "ezra". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "me--i" and "artaxerxes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "and the rest of the needful things..." into verse 22's "Unto silver a hundred talents and unto...", so "me--i" and "artaxerxes" 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 "me--i" and "artaxerxes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.