#REDChallenge | Week 38 | Day 262 | Sunday, September 19, 2021 | Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137
Ezra 4
Ezra 5
Ezra 6
Psalm 137
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Day 261 | Saturday, September 18, 2021 | Ezra 1-3
Day 262 | Sunday, September 19, 2021 | Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137
Day 263 | Monday, September 20, 2021 | Haggai 1-2
Day 264 | Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | Zechariah 1-7
Day 265 | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | Zechariah 8-14
Day 266 | Thursday, September 23, 2021 | Esther 1-5
But God had his eye on the leaders of the Jews, and the work wasn’t stopped until a report could reach Darius and an official reply be returned.
ReplyDeleteEzra 5:5 MSG
Now listen, Tattenai governor of the land beyond the Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, associates, and all officials of that land: Stay out of their way. Leave the governor and leaders of the Jews alone so they can work on that Temple of God as they rebuild it.
ReplyDeleteEzra 6:6-7 MSG
I hereby give official orders on how you are to help the leaders of the Jews in the rebuilding of that Temple of God: 1. All construction costs are to be paid to these men from the royal bank out of the taxes coming in from the land beyond the Euphrates. And pay them on time, without delays. 2. Whatever is required for their worship—young bulls, rams, and lambs for Whole-Burnt-Offerings to the God-of-Heaven; and whatever wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil the priests of Jerusalem request—is to be given to them daily without delay so that they may make sacrifices to the God-of-Heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. I’ve issued an official decree that anyone who violates this order is to be impaled on a timber torn out of his own house, and the house itself made a manure pit. And may the God who put his Name on that place wipe out any king or people who dares to defy this decree and destroy The Temple of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued an official decree. Carry it out precisely and promptly.
ReplyDeleteEzra 6:8-12 MSG
Tattenai governor of the land across the Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their associates did it: They carried out the decree of Darius precisely and promptly.
ReplyDeleteEzra 6:13 MSG
Then the Israelites who had returned from exile, along with everyone who had removed themselves from the defilements of the nations to join them and seek God, the God of Israel, ate the Passover. With great joy they celebrated the Feast of Unraised Bread for seven days. God had plunged them into a sea of joy; he had changed the mind of the king of Assyria to back them in rebuilding The Temple of God, the God of Israel.
ReplyDeleteEzra 6:21-22 MSG
Oh, how could we ever sing God’s song in this wasteland? If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my fingers wither and fall off like leaves. Let my tongue swell and turn black if I fail to remember you, If I fail, O dear Jerusalem, to honor you as my greatest.
ReplyDeletePsalm 137:4-6 MSG