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Sefer Chazon Ezra — Chapter 7 - Ezra Argues the Judgment

Work ID: 6a9dd1840eff3bce6b029597 · Chapter ID: 6a9dd1858dbe022c6714a51a · Canonical title: Sefer Chazon Ezra

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The frightened ish cries that there is nowhere to flee: Sheol gives no refuge, the sea cannot hide him, and his own sins testify before the divine presence.

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Ezra petitions the Sovereign to rise from the throne so that judgment may be spoken.

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The Master asks, 'Who will hear us?'

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Ezra answers that the Son will hear.

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The Christian recension answers that the Son born from the divine voice will indeed hear.

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Ezra asks that the divine sacerdos - priest, minister, or vicar in the Latin wording - hear the case as well.

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The Master tells Ezra to question that minister, who can speak judgment together with Him.

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Ezra declares that he will argue the judgment for all human beings who have no place of rest.

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The Master answers that Ezra will be chosen with the prophets.

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Ezra presses the argument further: 'Who made the sinners?' The answer is: 'I.' Ezra replies that if the Creator made both sinners and Ezra, it would be better to destroy him than the entire world.

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The Master grants sinners a recurring interval of rest from the ninth hour of the Sabbath into the following day, while other days remain a time in which repentance is demanded. The exact Latin sense varies by reading.

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Ezra answers that it may be according to the divine will.

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The Master tells Ezra to go in shalom and walk with the prophets; where the righteous are, there Ezra will also be.

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