But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God,(A) since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”(B) Then the people who were already in the land[a] discouraged[b] the people of Judah and made them afraid(C) to build.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:4 Lit people of the land, also in v. 6
  2. 4:4 Lit weakened the hands of

But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”(A)

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built