Then the people who were already in the land[a] discouraged[b] the people of Judah and made them afraid(A) to build.

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  1. 4:4 Lit people of the land, also in v. 6
  2. 4:4 Lit weakened the hands of

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](A)

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  1. Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built