Ezra 4:18

4:18 The letter you sent to us has been translated and read in my presence.

Ezra 8:23

8:23 So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered 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 ¹  to restore the temple of our God and to raise ²  up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”

² tn Heb “to cause to stand.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.