H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [supplied: put it] also in writing, saying,

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Then rose up the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Some of the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

and afterward the continual burnt-offering, and [supplied: the offerings] of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill-offering to Yahweh.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”לַיהוָֽה׃ (יהוָֽה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh: but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh was not yet laid.

לַיהוָ֑ה (יהוָ֑ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [supplied: saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (יהוָה֙) Yah.weh “Yahweh”לַֽיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;

לַיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

לַֽיהוָה֙ (יהוָה֙) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

לַֽיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

I said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

לַיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”לַיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Watch you, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' [supplied: houses] of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

לַיהוָֽה׃ (יהוָֽה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”