Ezra 6:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records. This is where the things of value were stored in Babylon.

¹⁵ »That way a search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled. It has been a cause of trouble to kings and countries. There were outbursts against authority in the past. That is the reason the town was laid waste.

¹⁹ »I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

¹⁷ »If it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's storehouse at Babylon. See if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem. Let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.«

¹⁶ »I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger.

⁷ Then I said: »Here I come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me. (Luke 3:21)

² It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

² »Take a scroll, and write on it everything that I have dictated to you about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations from the time I spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today. ³ »Maybe the nation of Judah will hear about all the disasters that I devise to bring on them, and they will turn from their wicked ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins.« ⁴ Then Jeremiah called Baruch, son of Neriah. Jeremiah dictated everything that Jehovah told him. Baruch wrote it all down on a scroll.

²⁰ After they put the scroll in the side room of the scribe Elishama, they went to the king in the courtyard and told him everything. ²¹ Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He took the scroll from the side room of the scribe Elishama. Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials standing by the king. ²² It was the ninth month, and the king was in his winter house sitting in front of the fire in the fireplace. ²³ As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the whole scroll was burned up.

²⁹ »Say about King Jehoiakim of Judah: ‘This is what Jehovah says: You burned this scroll, and you asked Jeremiah: »Why did you write that the king of Babylon would certainly come to destroy this land and take away people and animals?«’«

³² Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch, son of Neriah. As Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it everything that was on the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned. They added many similar messages.

⁹ As I looked, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. In it was a scroll.

¹ Jehovah said to me: »Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll. Then speak to the people of Israel.«

¹ I saw a book in the right hand of him who sat on the throne. It had writing on the inside and on the back and was sealed with seven seals.