Ezra 5:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ We also asked them what their names were. We wanted to write down the names of their leaders for your information.

¹¹ Here is the answer they gave us. They said,

“We serve the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago. The great King Solomon built it and finished it. ¹² But our people made the God of heaven angry. So he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar from Chaldea. He was king of Babylon. He destroyed this temple. He forced the Jews to leave their own country. He took them away to Babylon.