Ezra

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house,wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, so that the people could not distinguish the sound of…

We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago  (Ezra 5:11)

Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it.  (Ezra 10:4)

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is…