Though we are slaves,(A) our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,(B) giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,(C) to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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