H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and

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

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And Cyrus the king got out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (יהוָ֔ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.

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

From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.

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

Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, an

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by Davi

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

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was

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

Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

לַיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has

לַֽיהוָה֙ (יהוָה֙) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,

לַֽיהוָ֖ה (יהוָ֖ה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help 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 scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

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

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who put into writing the words of the orders of the Lord, and of his rules for Israel:

יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

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

And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

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

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offerin

לַיהוָֽה׃ (יהוָֽה) Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”