Ezra 4:4

4:4 Then the local people ¹  began to discourage ²  the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

Ezra 4:22

4:22 Exercise appropriate caution so that there is no negligence in this matter. Why should danger increase to the point that kings sustain damage?”

Ezra 5:10

5:10 We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.

Ezra 6:1

Darius Issues a Decree

6:1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives ³  of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

Ezra 6:10

6:10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. ⁴ 

Ezra 7:12

7:12 ⁵ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ⁶ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

Ezra 9:3

9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

Ezra 10:4

10:4 Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”

Ezra 10:19

10:19 (They gave their word ⁷  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the people of the land.” Elsewhere this expression sometimes has a negative connotation, referring to a lay population that was less zealous for Judaism than it should have been. Here, however, it seems to refer to the resident population of the area without any negative connotation.

[4:4]  ² tn Heb “were making slack the hands of.”

[6:1]  ³ tn Aram “the house of the archives.”

[6:10]  ⁴ tn Aram “for the life of the king and his sons.”

[7:12]  ⁵ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[7:27]  ⁶ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (7:12-26) back to Hebrew.

[10:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “hand.”