Ezra 4:4

Resistance To Rebuilding The House Of God

³ But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel replied, "You have no part in our plans for building a temple to our God, because we alone will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, in accordance with the decree issued by King Cyrus, king of Persia." ⁴ After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants of the land undermined the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work ⁵ by bribing their consultants in order to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia until Darius became king.

People of the Land

Ezra

Judah

Non

Samaritans

Ezra 3:3

Even though they feared the people in neighboring regions, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. They offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD burnt offerings both in the morning and in the evening.

Nehemiah 4:7-8

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair work on the Jerusalem wall was progressing and that its breaches were being repaired, they flew into a rage.

Nehemiah 4:11

Our enemies said, "Before they notice or see us, we'll penetrate their midst, kill them, and stop the work!"

Nehemiah 6:9

For they all were trying to make us afraid by saying, "Their hands will become tired from laboring, so the work won't be completed." "Therefore, LORD, strengthen my hands!"

Isaiah 35:3-4

Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees.

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials told the king, "Let this man be put to death because he's undermining the efforts of the soldiers who remain in this city and that of all the people by speaking words like these to them. Indeed, this man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but rather their harm."