11 And I issued a decree that (A)any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and (B)his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this. 12 May the God who (C)has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who [a]attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:12 Lit sends his hand