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Ezra · read by Willie Mullan
13 verses, in order. Only the verses Willie read aloud are shown.
Ezra 1
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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Read from KJV · (Haggai) Discouragement and Encouragement
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"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.'"Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
Ezra 3
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On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Discouragement and Encouragement
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And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: "For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever." Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Discouragement and Encouragement
Ezra 4
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When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.Read from NKJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
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Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching
Ezra 5
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Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.Read from KJV · (Haggai) Pointed Powerful Paralysing Preaching