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text: Ezra
  עזרא
  Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology
  
  
  Ezra
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So said Cyrus, the king of Persia, 'All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of the heavens delivered to me, and He commanded me to build Him a House in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
  Who is among you of all His people, may his God be with him, and he may ascend to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and let him build the House of the Lord, God of Israel; He is the God Who is in Jerusalem.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Rehum was the secretary, and Shimshai was the scribe; they wrote a letter about Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, as is stated.
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  Let it be known to the king that the Jews who ascended from you upon us have come to Jerusalem, the rebellious and sinful city they are building, and the walls they have completed, and the walls they have joined.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Then the work of the House of God, which was in Jerusalem, was stopped, and it was suspended until the second year of the reign of Darius, the king of Persia. 
  
  
  
  Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judea and Jerusalem, in the Name of the God of Israel to them.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And we came to Jerusalem and stayed there three days.