Ezra 5:12-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 temple and deported the people to 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 from the temple of Babylon and they were given to one ^(F)whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor.