Ezra 4:21-23

Jubilee Bible 2000

²¹ Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease and that this city not be built until another commandment shall be given from me.

²² Take heed now that ye not fail to do this; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

²³ Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews and made them to cease by force and power.