Places
Persia in Ezra 9
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This place shows up in Ezra 9:9: “For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezra 9:9
“For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.”
What kids can learn
When you hear persia in Ezra, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ezra 9:9 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 9:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Forwearebondservants;yetourGodhasnotusinourbondage,buthasextendedkindnesstousinthesightofthekingsofPersia,toreviveus,tosetupthehouseofourGod,andtoitsruins,andtogiveusawallinJudahandinJerusalem.