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Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

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But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

KJV

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

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27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he saidH559 →
לָהֶ֨םla.Hemto <the> them
זְרֻבָּבֶ֜לze.ru.ba.VelZerubbabelH2216 →
וְיֵשׁ֗וּעַve.ye.Shu.a'and JeshuaH3442 →
וּשְׁאָ֨רu.she.'Arand [the] rest ofH7605 →
רָאשֵׁ֤יra.Shei[the] heads ofH7218 →
הָֽאָבוֹת֙ha.'a.Votthe fathersH1 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'Elof IsraelH3478 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
לָ֣כֶםLa.khemfor you
וָלָ֔נוּva.La.nuand for us
לִבְנ֥וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
בַּ֖יִתBa.yita houseH1004 →
לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּle.lo.Hei.nufor God ourH430 →
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
אֲנַ֨חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
יַ֜חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162 →
נִבְנֶ֗הniv.Nehwe will build [it]H1129 →
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
צִוָּ֔נוּtzi.Va.nuhe commanded usH6680 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
כּ֥וֹרֶשׁKo.reshCyrusH3566 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
פָּרָֽס׃pa.RasPersiaH6539 →

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Nehemiah 2:20So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.Acts 8:21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.Daniel 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.Romans 9:4–5the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.3 John 1:9–10I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.John 4:22–23You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.2 Chronicles 36:22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Isaiah 45:4For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.Isaiah 44:28who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”Ezra 6:3–5In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,Ezra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:2 Corinthians 6:15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?Ezra 6:14So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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