⁹ For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with ^(A)compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is ^(B)gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you ^(C)return to Him.”

⁶ this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was ^(A)a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, ^(B)according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his troubles, ^(A)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.