18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, (A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on (B)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and (A)I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. (B)The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. (C)The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And (D)in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

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13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
    it is the time to favor her;
    (C)the appointed time has come.

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(A)For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, (B)when I will restore (C)the fortunes of my people, (D)Israel and Judah, says the Lord, (E)and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”

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(A)I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, (B)and rebuild them as they were (C)at first.

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16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, (A)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; (B)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and (C)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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(A)Then I will gather the remnant of my flock (B)out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, (C)and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

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“But (A)afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the Lord.”

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27 (A)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.

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26 (A)who confirms the word of his servant
    and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
    (B)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
    and I will raise up their ruins’;

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(A)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
(B)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in (C)the dance of the merrymakers.

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11 (A)the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring (B)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:

(C)“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
    for the Lord is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever!’

(D)For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.

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19 (A)Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may (B)build the palace (C)for which I have made provision.”

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28 who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is (B)my shepherd,
    and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
    (C)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

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14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, (A)and I will restore your fortunes and (B)gather you from all the nations and all the places (C)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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38 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord (B)from the Tower of Hananel to (C)the Corner Gate.

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Revive Us Again

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah.

85 Lord, you were (B)favorable to your land;
    you (C)restored the fortunes of Jacob.

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(A)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah (B)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And (C)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while (D)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

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23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, (A)when I restore their fortunes:

(B)“‘The Lord bless you, (C)O habitation of righteousness,
    (D)O holy hill!’

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69 He (A)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.

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The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

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In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits[a] and its breadth sixty cubits, (A)with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. And also (B)let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.”

“Now therefore, (C)Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, (D)and your[b] associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away. Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. Moreover, (E)I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River. And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail, 10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven (F)and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and (G)his house shall be made a dunghill. 12 May the God (H)who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”

The Temple Finished and Dedicated

13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, (I)Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 (J)And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and (K)by decree of Cyrus and (L)Darius and (M)Artaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the (N)month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Ezra 6:6 Aramaic their

20 (A)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and (B)they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore (C)I make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of (D)foreigners for prey, (E)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and (F)they shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and (G)they shall profane my treasured[a] place. Robbers shall enter (H)and profane it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret

40 (A)The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the (B)brook Kidron, to the corner of (C)the Horse Gate toward the east, (D)shall be sacred to the Lord. (E)It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”

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