Ezra 7:27-28

Common English Bible

Ezra prepares to leave

²⁷ Bless the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has moved the king to glorify the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, ²⁸ and who has demonstrated his graciousness for me before the king and his counselors and all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage because the Lord my God’s power was with me. I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.