1 Esdras 1:48
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CEB
The God of their ancestors sent his messenger to call them back, because he was trying to spare them and his dwelling place.
NRSVA
Although King Nebuchadnezzar had made him swear by the name of the Lord, he broke his oath and rebelled; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart and transgressed the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel.
NRSVUE
The God of their ancestors sent his messenger to call them back, because he would have spared them and his dwelling place.
RSV
And though King Nebuchadnez′zar had made him swear by the name of the Lord, he broke his oath and rebelled; and he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart and transgressed the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel.
WYC
And he adjured, or charged by oath, of (or by) king Nebuchadnezzar, forsworn went away, and his noll made hard, he over-passed the lawful things of the Lord God of Israel. [and adjured of king Nebuchadnezzar, forsworn went away, and with his hardened knoll, and with his heart trespassed the lawful things of the Lord God of Israel.]
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