Ezra 5:2

5:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began ¹  to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over ²  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ³  until a report could be dispatched ⁴  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 5:16

5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ⁵  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

[5:2]  ¹ tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.

[5:5]  ² tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ³ tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[5:16]  ³ tn Aram “from then and until now.”