Ezra 5:11-13

Complete Jewish Bible

¹¹ “They gave us this answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, built and finished by a great king of Isra’el. ¹² But because our ancestors provoked the God of heaven, he handed them over to N’vukhadnetzar king of Bavel, the Kasdi; he destroyed this house and carried the people off to Bavel. ¹³ But in the first year of Koresh king of Bavel, Koresh the king gave authorization to rebuild this house of God.