Ezra 5:14-16

New English Translation

¹⁴ Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace^[a] of Babylon—even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented^[b] to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor. ¹⁵ He said to him, “Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location.”^{[c] 16} Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment^[d] it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’