Ezra 5:12-14

Legacy Standard Bible

¹² But ^(A)because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, ^(B)He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and took the people away into exile in Babylon.

¹³ However, ^(C)in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus ^(D)issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

¹⁴ Also ^(E)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple ^[a]in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, these King Cyrus took out from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one ^(F)whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor.