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Ezra-Nehemiah (The NIV Application Commentary) Bible Storybooks But it was this resistanceThe NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context Ezra Nehemiah chronicles the return of the exiles to Jerusalem during the Persian Period. Empowered by the Persian authorities, Ezra and Nehemiah came on the scene in Jerusalem to restore the worship of the "God of Heaven" and the sanctity of Zion and His people. God's sovereignty over temporal powers, confession of sin and repentance, and