Ezra 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful… : — One bright summer's day we noticed a lark; at first we could not see it, but with the eye shaded by an uplifted hand it was soon detected. There it flew, a little speck, a dim spot in the Italian-blue sky, pouring down floods of music. On it went, higher and higher; as long as it sang and rejoiced, it arose. But when the song ceased its flight ceased too. Thus is it with our souls; they ascend Godwards while we sing and rejoice. "Rejoice in the Lord; for you it is safe"; take refuge in the citadel of heaven-sent bliss, and you are secure against many a Satanic attack. (T. R. Stevenson.). Parallel Verses KJV: And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. |
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