This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a learned scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard of it, and all the heathen that were around us saw these things, they were brought very low in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
Saying, What shall we do to these men? For that indeed a remarkable miracle has been done by them is apparent to all those who dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.