Ezra 1:3
1:3 Anyone from
his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the
Lord God of Israel – he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:2
3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and his priestly colleagues
and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues
started to build
the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by
the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:10-11
3:10 When the builders established the
Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions,
and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the
Lord according to the instructions left by
King David of Israel.
3:11 With antiphonal response they sang,
praising and glorifying the
Lord:
“For he is good;
his loyal love toward Israel is forever.”
All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.
Ezra 4:3
4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right
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 6:14
6:14 The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Ezra 6:22
6:22 They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the
Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion
of the king of Assyria
toward them, so that he assisted
them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 7:6
7:6 This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the
Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the
Lord his God was on him.
Ezra 8:18
8:18 Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, 18 men,
Ezra 9:1
A Prayer of Ezra
9:1 Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 9:15
9:15 O
Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt
no one can really stand before you.”