Ezra 4:3

4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right ¹  to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”

Ezra 9:9

9:9 Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us ²  to restore the temple of our God and to raise ³  up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. ⁴ 

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “not to you and to us.”

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”

[9:9]  ³ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

[9:9]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.