Ezra 4:3
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the heads of their ancestors' clans said, “It is not you, but we who must build the house of our God, for it is we who will build for Yahweh, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded.”
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4So the people of the land made the Judeans' hands weak; they made the Judeans afraid to build.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be carried out, Yahweh motivated the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing. He said,
Ezra 1:3Whoever is from his people (may his God be with him) may go up to Jerusalem and build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2:20Then I answered them, “The God of heaven will give us success. We are his servants and we will arise and build. But you have no share, no right, and no historic claim in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 45:4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, 1 I have called you by your name, giving you a title of honor, though you have not known me. 1
John 4:22You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Romans 9:4They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:2-6
Opposition Made to the Jews. ( b. c. 535.) 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel; 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them,… Read the whole commentary →