Verse 12
Ezra 4:12
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
12
Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְדִ֨יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ/מַלְכָּ֔/א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗/א דִּ֤י סְלִ֨קוּ֙ מִן לְוָתָ֔/ךְ עֲלֶ֥י/נָא אֲת֖וֹ לִ/ירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨/א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤/א ו/באישת/א וּ/בִֽישְׁתָּ/א֙ בָּנַ֔יִן ו/שורי וְ/שׁוּרַיָּ֣/א אשכללו שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְ/אֻשַּׁיָּ֖/א יַחִֽיטוּ
English Translation
You shall know to be a king of Judah, that you removed from your light upon me to Jerusalem, the city that you descended from, and you and I will prevail, and I shall enlighten you and establish your sons and their offspring, and let them flourish and they will set down their foundations.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief of the fathers, and said to them: Let us build with you, f...
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But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have...
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Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.
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And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus king of Per...
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And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the in...
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the coun...
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Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manne...
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Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsa...
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And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over: and made to dwell i...
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(This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the...
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Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebelli...
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And now be it known to the king, that if this city be built up, and the walls thereof repaired, they...
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But we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime to see...
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That search may be made in the books of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shalt find written in...
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We certify the king, that if this city be built, and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no...
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The king sent word to Reum Beelteem and Samsai the scribe, and to the rest that were in their counci...
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The accusation, which you have sent to us, hath been plainly read before me,
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And I commanded: and search hath been made, and it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelle...
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For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who hare had dominion over all the country that is...
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Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders...
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See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt...
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Now the copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, a...
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Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and ceased till the second year...
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