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Then (A)the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build

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

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

Therefore all hands will be feeble,
    and every human heart (A)will melt.

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Because of this, all hands will go limp,(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.(B)

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24 We have heard the report of it;
    (A)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
    (B)pain as of a woman in labour.

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24 We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.(A)
Anguish(B) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(C)

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