Verse 13
Ezra 4:13
Free Bible Version
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We wish to inform Your Majesty that if this city is rebuilt and the walls completed, you will lose this province west of the Euphrates.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֨יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְ/מַלְכָּ֔/א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥/א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְ/שׁוּרַיָּ֖/ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן מִנְדָּֽה בְל֤וֹ וַ/הֲלָךְ֙ לָ֣א יִנְתְּנ֔וּן וְ/אַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק
English Translation
As now it is known to be for a king that there is a city of yours that will be built and the walls will be constructed there, and they will not be given to you, and the kings will be harmed.
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