Ezra 5:14-16
Christian Standard Bible
14 He also took from the temple in Babylon the gold and silver articles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and carried them to the temple in Babylon.(A) He released them from the temple in Babylon to a man named Sheshbazzar, the governor by the appointment of King Cyrus.(B) 15 Cyrus told him, “Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.”(C) 16 Then this same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of God’s house in Jerusalem.(D) It has been under construction from that time until now,(E) but it has not been completed.
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