Ezra 4:4 Cross References - LEB

⁴ Then the people of the land discouraged _⌊the people of Judah_⌋* and made them afraid to build

³ They set up the altar on its foundations, because _⌊they were in terror_⌋* because of the peoples of the lands. And they offered burnt offerings on it for Yahweh, burnt offerings for the morning and the evening.

⁷ Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem were going forward and the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. ⁸ So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it.

¹¹ Then our enemies said, "They will not know nor see until we come upon them and will kill them and stop the work."

⁹ for all of them sought to frighten us, saying, "their hands will not do the work." And now, God, strengthen my hands.

³ Strengthen the weak hands and make the staggering knees firm. ⁴ Say to those who are hasty of heart,
"Be strong; you must not fear! Look! your God will come with vengeance, with _⌊divine retribution_⌋.* He _⌊is the one who_⌋* will come and save you."

⁴ Then the officials said to the king, "Please, this man must be killed, _⌊because_⌋* he is making slack the hands of _⌊the soldiers_⌋* who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking to them words like these, for this man is not seeking for welfare* to this people, _⌊but only_⌋* for harm."