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Esdra 4:12

Listen to Esdra 4:12
12 Sappia il re che i Giudei che son partiti da te e giunti fra noi a Gerusalemme, riedificano la cittĂ  ribelle e malvagia, ne rialzano le mura e ne restaurano le fondamenta.

Esdra 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 4:12

Be it known unto the king
The intent of this letter was, that it might be known to the king what follows:

that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem;
this they observe partly out of contempt of the Jews, having been lately captive in Babylon, and partly to insinuate what ingratitude they were guilty of; that having got their liberty, and come to Jerusalem, they made use of it to the king's detriment:

building the rebellious and the bad city;
as they suggest it had been to kings, even his predecessors, in former times, ( Ezra 4:15 )

and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations;
which was a falsehood; for the most they had done was setting up the walls of their houses in Jerusalem, and laying the foundation of the temple; as for the walls of the city, they had not as yet done anything unto them.

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Esdra 4:12 In-Context

10 e gli altri popoli che il grande e illustre Osnapar ha trasportati e stabiliti nella città di Samaria, e gli altri che stanno di là dal fiume…" ecc.
11 Ecco la copia della lettera che inviarono al re Artaserse: "I tuoi servi, la gente d’oltre il fiume, ecc.
12 Sappia il re che i Giudei che son partiti da te e giunti fra noi a Gerusalemme, riedificano la cittĂ  ribelle e malvagia, ne rialzano le mura e ne restaurano le fondamenta.
13 Sappia dunque il re che, se questa città si riedifica e se le sue mura si rialzano, essi non pagheranno più né tributo né imposta né pedaggio, e il tesoro dei re n’avrà a soffrire.
14 Or siccome noi mangiamo il sale del palazzo e non ci sembra conveniente lo stare a vedere il danno del re, mandiamo al re questa informazione.
The Riveduta Bible is in the public domain.

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