“Thus spoke יהוה of hosts, saying, ‘This people have said, “The time has not come, the time the House of יהוה is to be built.” ’ ”
and Sovereign Yeho’ash called Yehoyaḏ
Now when the copy of the letter of Sovereign Artaḥ
And Yehuḏ
The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside! I am going to be killed in the streets!”
The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in יהוה is set on high.
He who watches the wind does not sow, and he who looks at the clouds does not reap.
a time to slay, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
In the second year of Dareyawesh the sovereign, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of יהוה came by Ḥ
Then the word of יהוה came by Ḥ
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”