this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all he asked, according to the hand of Jehovah his God on him.
And it happened when all our enemies heard, and all the nations who were around us saw, they fell very much in their own eyes. For they saw that this work was done by our God.
Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue gave a ringing cry of joy; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these.
saying, What may we do to these men? For that a known miraculous sign indeed has occurred through them is evident to all the ones living in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.