Ezra 1:2Israeli Authorized VersionThus saith Cyrus king of Persia, YY Elohim of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Yerushalayim, which is in Yhudah. See the chapter |
But hast lifted up thyself against YY of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy YY s, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the elohim of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the Elohim in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the El Elyon ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of Elohim at Yerushalayim, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;