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Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.

The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

…and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.

So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

…that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

…and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

…that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

…and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

…in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

…in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

…have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

…then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

…if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

…if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

…if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

…if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

…when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

…when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

…when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

…when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

…so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

…so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?