(A)Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.

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At the same time (A)Tattenai the governor of the region beyond [a]the River and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: (B)“Who has commanded you to build this [b]temple and finish this wall?”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:3 The Euphrates
  2. Ezra 5:3 Lit. house

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be against us?

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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.

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26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

27 “For (A)truly against (B)Your holy Servant Jesus, (C)whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 (D)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

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This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:

The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, (A)and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

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(A)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(B)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.

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The Lord Considers the Heart

21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the [a]rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:1 channels

10 (A)Surely the wrath of man shall praise You;
With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.

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11 O Lord, I pray, please (A)let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who (B)desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

For I was the king’s (C)cupbearer.

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14 And may God (A)Almighty (B)give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. (C)If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

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28 And He said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but [a]Israel; for you have (B)struggled with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Lit. Prince with God

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