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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
