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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezra 4: 21 Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.
Ezra 4: 22 And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'
Ezra 4: 23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Ezra 4: 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 5: 1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them. Ezra 5: 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
Ezra 5: 3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?'
Ezra 5: 4 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner ,wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'
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