TBESH · H3068G
יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD
Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)
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יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) means “LORD” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yeh-ho-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD
Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)
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יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · The Lord
Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
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יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · (Jerusalem of) the Lord
Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
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from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV glosses: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the lord | 2870 |
| of the lord | 1384 |
| to the lord | 451 |
| o lord | 343 |
| and the lord | 181 |
| then the lord | 171 |
| am the lord | 156 |
| the lords | 72 |
| for the lord | 58 |
| may the lord | 58 |
| but the lord | 54 |
| so the lord | 51 |
| in the lord | 46 |
| as surely as the lord | 39 |
| he | 38 |
| by the lord | 36 |
| from the lord | 36 |
| against the lord | 33 |
| when the lord | 24 |
| is the lord | 23 |
| of the lords | 20 |
| before the lord | 15 |
| that the lord | 14 |
| him | 13 |
| now the lord | 12 |
| has the lord | 11 |
| god | 9 |
| because the lord | 8 |
| is the lords | 8 |
| belongs to the lord | 7 |
| his | 7 |
| lord | 7 |
| and he | 6 |
| again the lord | 5 |
| be the lord | 5 |
| is from the lord | 5 |
| therefore the lord | 5 |
| and may the lord | 4 |
| as the lord | 4 |
| does the lord | 4 |
| if the lord | 4 |
| so he | 4 |
| the lord is | 4 |
| with the lord | 4 |
| yet the lord | 4 |
| against the lords | 3 |
| and | 3 |
| and when the lord | 3 |
| are the lord | 3 |
| are the lords | 3 |
| belong to the lord | 3 |
| even though the lord | 3 |
| from the lords | 3 |
| in his | 3 |
| since the lord | 3 |
| the lord himself | 3 |
| the lord to anger | 3 |
| what the lord | 3 |
| you o lord | 3 |
| and since the lord | 2 |
| are from the lord | 2 |
| because of the lords | 2 |
| but in the lords | 2 |
| but it is the lord | 2 |
| by his | 2 |
| can the lord | 2 |
| did the lord | 2 |
| even if the lord | 2 |
| in him | 2 |
| it is the lord | 2 |
| like the lord | 2 |
| of his | 2 |
| of the lord go | 2 |
| on the lord | 2 |
| the lord also | 2 |
| the lord however | 2 |
| then may the lord | 2 |
| thus the lord | 2 |
| to the lords | 2 |
| with the lords | 2 |
| about the lord | 1 |
| after all the lord | 1 |
| against him | 1 |
| against his | 1 |
| although the lord | 1 |
| and did not the lord | 1 |
| and his | 1 |
| and how he | 1 |
| and how the lord | 1 |
| and now the lord | 1 |
| and that the lord | 1 |
| and the lord will cause | 1 |
| and the lords | 1 |
| and when he | 1 |
| any of the lords | 1 |
| are upon the lord | 1 |
| as one the lord | 1 |
| at the lords | 1 |
| at this time the lord | 1 |
| be the lords | 1 |
| belonging to the lord | 1 |
| bless the lord | 1 |
| but by the lord | 1 |
| but he | 1 |
| by the lords | 1 |
| due the lord | 1 |
| even when the lord | 1 |
| for he | 1 |
| for me | 1 |
| how then can the lord | 1 |
| i the lord | 1 |
| in the lords | 1 |
| indeed the lord | 1 |
| is for the lord | 1 |
| is in the lord | 1 |
| is like the lord | 1 |
| is of the lord | 1 |
| it for the lord | 1 |
| it to the lord | 1 |
| it was the lord | 1 |
| let the lord | 1 |
| meanwhile the lord | 1 |
| moreover the lord | 1 |
| nevertheless the lord | 1 |
| o lord are god | 1 |
| of him | 1 |
| of obligation to the lord | 1 |
| of the lord is | 1 |
| of the lord itself | 1 |
| of the lord of hosts | 1 |
| of the lords temple | 1 |
| offense has the lord | 1 |
| on behalf of the lord | 1 |
| our lord | 1 |
| pray that the lord | 1 |
| rather the lord | 1 |
| so that he | 1 |
| so that his | 1 |
| that he | 1 |
| that he himself | 1 |
| that is why the lord | 1 |
| that it is the lord | 1 |
| that it was the lord | 1 |
| the foundation of the lords | 1 |
| the lord in hebron | 1 |
| the lord loved him | 1 |
| the lord with contempt | 1 |
| the offerings for the lords | 1 |
| then as the lord | 1 |
| then he | 1 |
| there | 1 |
| things the lord | 1 |
| this is the lords | 1 |
| to serve the lord | 1 |
| to the lord begins | 1 |
| to the lord for destruction | 1 |
| to the lord freely | 1 |
| unless the lord | 1 |
| until the lord | 1 |
| upon the lord | 1 |
| upon them o lord | 1 |
| was the lord | 1 |
| were treating the lords | 1 |
| where the lord | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| whom the lord | 1 |
| would the lord | 1 |
| yet it was the lords | 1 |
| yet may the lord | 1 |
| you before the lord | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the lord | 1928 |
| of the lord | 1559 |
| and the lord | 507 |
| unto the lord | 454 |
| o lord | 191 |
| which the lord | 174 |
| for the lord | 157 |
| that the lord | 95 |
| as the lord | 88 |
| to the lord | 70 |
| against the lord | 61 |
| in the lord | 54 |
| from the lord | 52 |
| lord | 49 |
| but the lord | 41 |
| the lords | 39 |
| of the lords | 30 |
| because the lord | 27 |
| me o lord | 23 |
| whom the lord | 19 |
| i the lord | 18 |
| when the lord | 18 |
| therefore the lord | 17 |
| all that the lord | 13 |
| that i the lord | 13 |
| upon the lord | 13 |
| according to all that the lord | 12 |
| not the lord | 12 |
| so the lord | 12 |
| then the lord | 12 |
| with the lord | 12 |
| ye the lord | 12 |
| by the lord | 11 |
| moreover the lord | 10 |
| thee o lord | 10 |
| for i the lord | 8 |
| on the lord | 8 |
| what the lord | 8 |
| and when the lord | 7 |
| in the lords | 7 |
| now the lord | 7 |
| unto him the lord | 7 |
| unto thee o lord | 7 |
| but thou o lord | 6 |
| how that the lord | 6 |
| wherefore the lord | 6 |
| also the lord | 5 |
| behold the lord | 5 |
| hath the lord | 5 |
| if the lord | 5 |
| whither the lord | 5 |
| yea the lord | 5 |
| and it shall be when the lord | 4 |
| before the lord | 4 |
| but now the lord | 4 |
| for behold the lord | 4 |
| for thou lord | 4 |
| it the lord | 4 |
| jehovah | 4 |
| let the lord | 4 |
| not unto them as the lord | 4 |
| of which the lord | 4 |
| them o lord | 4 |
| thou o lord | 4 |
| thus the lord | 4 |
| until the lord | 4 |
| unto them the lord | 4 |
| whereof the lord | 4 |
| wherewith the lord | 4 |
| will the lord | 4 |
| according as the lord | 3 |
| according unto all that the lord | 3 |
| against the lords | 3 |
| and behold the lord | 3 |
| and now the lord | 3 |
| and the lords | 3 |
| be the lord | 3 |
| did not the lord | 3 |
| even the lord | 3 |
| for thus hath the lord | 3 |
| from me o lord | 3 |
| god | 3 |
| howbeit the lord | 3 |
| in thee o lord | 3 |
| it may be that the lord | 3 |
| it unto the lord | 3 |
| not against the lord | 3 |
| now o lord | 3 |
| now therefore o lord | 3 |
| of which the lords | 3 |
| seeing the lord | 3 |
| shall the lord | 3 |
| them for the lord | 3 |
| therefore hath the lord | 3 |
| to provoke the lord | 3 |
| toward the lord | 3 |
| unto them as the lord | 3 |
| unto whom the lord | 3 |
| upon me o lord | 3 |
| wherefore hath the lord | 3 |
| ye of the lord | 3 |
| yet the lord | 3 |
| and it shall come to pass when the lord | 2 |
| and now o lord | 2 |
| and thou lord | 2 |
| because of the lord | 2 |
| between the lord | 2 |
| but for the lord | 2 |
| but o lord | 2 |
| did the lord | 2 |
| for that the lord | 2 |
| for thou o lord | 2 |
| for us unto the lord | 2 |
| furthermore the lord | 2 |
| here i pray thee for the lord | 2 |
| him and the lord | 2 |
| how long lord | 2 |
| i that the lord | 2 |
| it as the lord | 2 |
| me and the lord | 2 |
| me for the lord | 2 |
| neither hath the lord | 2 |
| nevertheless the lord | 2 |
| not because the lord | 2 |
| not of the lord | 2 |
| now therefore behold the lord | 2 |
| of you for the lord | 2 |
| only the lord | 2 |
| sake o lord | 2 |
| so as the lord | 2 |
| so shall the lord | 2 |
| so that the lord | 2 |
| that the lords | 2 |
| that they should be the lords | 2 |
| that thou lord | 2 |
| that which the lord | 2 |
| thee as the lord | 2 |
| them for i the lord | 2 |
| them the lord | 2 |
| them unto the lord | 2 |
| themselves before the lord | 2 |
| then shall the lord | 2 |
| then will the lord | 2 |
| there unto the lord | 2 |
| therefore now lord | 2 |
| therefore that the lord | 2 |
| thereon unto the lord | 2 |
| thou lord | 2 |
| thou of the lord | 2 |
| thou that the lord | 2 |
| thou the lord | 2 |
| unto them by the lord | 2 |
| us o lord | 2 |
| what hath the lord | 2 |
| wherein the lord | 2 |
| why hath the lord | 2 |
| after that the lord | 1 |
| against me before the lord | 1 |
| against me the lord | 1 |
| against thee unto the lord | 1 |
| against them and the lord | 1 |
| against us if so be that the lord | 1 |
| against whom the lord | 1 |
| all this the lord | 1 |
| also by us and the lord | 1 |
| also in the lord | 1 |
| also unto me o lord | 1 |
| among you for the lord | 1 |
| and according unto all that the lord | 1 |
| and as the lord | 1 |
| and god | 1 |
| and he was there with the lord | 1 |
| and i the lord | 1 |
| and if the lord | 1 |
| and it came to pass when the lord | 1 |
| and it shall be to the lord | 1 |
| and let the lord | 1 |
| and now behold the lord | 1 |
| and now i beseech thee o lord | 1 |
| and now lord | 1 |
| and so the lord | 1 |
| and that the lord | 1 |
| and there they be as the lord | 1 |
| and therefore will the lord | 1 |
| and unto the lord | 1 |
| and what doth the lord | 1 |
| and what hath the lord | 1 |
| and wherefore hath the lord | 1 |
| as the lords | 1 |
| at the lord | 1 |
| at the lords | 1 |
| away from the lord | 1 |
| be given thee of the lord | 1 |
| because by him the lord | 1 |
| because of the lords | 1 |
| because that the lord | 1 |
| because the lords | 1 |
| because thou lord | 1 |
| behold now the lord | 1 |
| between me and thee and the lord | 1 |
| between us that the lord | 1 |
| both with the lord | 1 |
| but as for thee the lord | 1 |
| but as for us the lord | 1 |
| but because the lord | 1 |
| but if the lord | 1 |
| but lo the lord | 1 |
| but now o lord | 1 |
| but thou lord | 1 |
| but unto the lord | 1 |
| by him for the lord | 1 |
| concerning whom the lord | 1 |
| counsel of the lord | 1 |
| doth the lord | 1 |
| even as the lord | 1 |
| every one of them and the lord | 1 |
| except as the lord | 1 |
| except the lord | 1 |
| for himself the lord | 1 |
| for in thee o lord | 1 |
| for it was his from the lord | 1 |
| for it was of the lord | 1 |
| for me the lord | 1 |
| for the lords | 1 |
| for the which the lord | 1 |
| for them as the lord | 1 |
| for them hath the lord | 1 |
| for them the lord | 1 |
| for there the lord | 1 |
| for thus shall the lord | 1 |
| for us the lord | 1 |
| for which the lord | 1 |
| for whom the lord | 1 |
| for with the lord | 1 |
| for you unto the lord | 1 |
| forasmuch as the lord | 1 |
| from thee which the lord | 1 |
| from them and the lord | 1 |
| from thence will the lord | 1 |
| hath not the lord | 1 |
| have not i the lord | 1 |
| he of the lord | 1 |
| her the lord | 1 |
| him of the lord | 1 |
| him only the lord | 1 |
| him the lord | 1 |
| him to the lord | 1 |
| him unto the lord | 1 |
| himself before the lord | 1 |
| himself but when the lord | 1 |
| himself in the lord | 1 |
| himself to the lord | 1 |
| himself unto the lord | 1 |
| hitherto hath the lord | 1 |
| how the lord | 1 |
| i o lord | 1 |
| i pray thee here for the lord | 1 |
| i pray thee o lord | 1 |
| i pray thee of the lord | 1 |
| i say on the lord | 1 |
| in by it because the lord | 1 |
| in provoking the lord | 1 |
| in thee for thou lord | 1 |
| in which the lord | 1 |
| is me now for the lord | 1 |
| is not the lord | 1 |
| is the lords | 1 |
| it and the lord | 1 |
| it came to pass that the lord | 1 |
| it except the lord | 1 |
| it for the lord | 1 |
| it i the lord | 1 |
| it may be the lord | 1 |
| it that the lord | 1 |
| it upon us for the lord | 1 |
| it whereas the lord | 1 |
| itself for the lord | 1 |
| lest the lord | 1 |
| let them be before the lord | 1 |
| like as the lord | 1 |
| like unto the lord | 1 |
| like unto thee o lord | 1 |
| likewise when the lord | 1 |
| lo o lord | 1 |
| lords | 1 |
| may be in the lord | 1 |
| me not o lord | 1 |
| me the lord | 1 |
| me then the lord | 1 |
| me unto the lord | 1 |
| nay but whom the lord | 1 |
| no more for i the lord | 1 |
| no not when the lord | 1 |
| none like unto the lord | 1 |
| none like unto thee o lord | 1 |
| nor unto whatsoever the lord | 1 |
| not against us but against the lord | 1 |
| not how thou provokedst the lord | 1 |
| not i the lord | 1 |
| not in the lord | 1 |
| not o lord | 1 |
| not right against the lord | 1 |
| not seeing the lord | 1 |
| not that the lord | 1 |
| not that which the lord | 1 |
| not the lords | 1 |
| not thou he o lord | 1 |
| not to the lord | 1 |
| not unto us o lord | 1 |
| not upon the lord | 1 |
| not ye against the lord | 1 |
| notwithstanding the lord | 1 |
| now for the lord | 1 |
| now then o lord | 1 |
| now therefore unto me by the lord | 1 |
| now unto the lord | 1 |
| of all that the lord | 1 |
| of behold the lord | 1 |
| of him as the lord | 1 |
| of him concerning me i the lord | 1 |
| of it for the lord | 1 |
| of it unto the lord | 1 |
| of me seeing the lord | 1 |
| of such unto the lord | 1 |
| of the same the lords | 1 |
| of them and the lord | 1 |
| of them for the lord | 1 |
| of them so shall the lord | 1 |
| of these things unto the lord | 1 |
| on the lords | 1 |
| ourselves to the lord | 1 |
| over thee whom the lord | 1 |
| over us when the lord | 1 |
| over you the lord | 1 |
| peradventure the lord | 1 |
| provoking the lord | 1 |
| sake did the lord | 1 |
| shall be the lords | 1 |
| shall surely be the lords | 1 |
| shalt thou have of the lord | 1 |
| so now the lord | 1 |
| so unto the lord | 1 |
| so whomsoever the lord | 1 |
| so will the lord | 1 |
| surely the lords | 1 |
| that then the lord | 1 |
| thee and what hath the lord | 1 |
| thee for now would the lord | 1 |
| thee that the lord | 1 |
| thee what the lord | 1 |
| them and the lord | 1 |
| them as the lord | 1 |
| them because the lord | 1 |
| them by the lord | 1 |
| them i the lord | 1 |
| them in the lord | 1 |
| them that the lord | 1 |
| them therefore hath the lord | 1 |
| them to minister unto the lord | 1 |
| them which the lord | 1 |
| them will the lord | 1 |
| themselves lest the lord | 1 |
| themselves to the lord | 1 |
| themselves unto them and provoked the lord | 1 |
| there before the lord | 1 |
| there for the lord | 1 |
| there the lord | 1 |
| there when the lord | 1 |
| therefore as the lord | 1 |
| therefore it shall be when the lord | 1 |
| therefore now o lord | 1 |
| therefore unto the lord | 1 |
| therefore when the lord | 1 |
| therein for the lord | 1 |
| therein to the lord | 1 |
| therein unto the lord | 1 |
| thereof and the lord | 1 |
| thereof the lord | 1 |
| thereof the lords | 1 |
| thereof to the lord | 1 |
| thereon as the lord | 1 |
| thereon let the lord | 1 |
| these unto the lord | 1 |
| thine for the lord | 1 |
| thine o lord | 1 |
| this is the lords | 1 |
| thither the lord | 1 |
| thou in the lord | 1 |
| thou therefore o lord | 1 |
| thou unto us all that the lord | 1 |
| thou us unto thee o lord | 1 |
| though the lord | 1 |
| thyself also in the lord | 1 |
| thyself for then shall the lord | 1 |
| thyself in the lord | 1 |
| till the lord | 1 |
| to her by the lord | 1 |
| to him by the lord | 1 |
| to me o lord | 1 |
| to thee o lord | 1 |
| together unto the lord | 1 |
| unto her the lord | 1 |
| unto him hath not the lord | 1 |
| unto him nay for the lord | 1 |
| unto him what hath the lord | 1 |
| unto me and the lord | 1 |
| unto me by the lord | 1 |
| unto me for i the lord | 1 |
| unto me the lord | 1 |
| unto me where is the lord | 1 |
| unto me wherewith the lord | 1 |
| unto thee because of the lord | 1 |
| unto thee because the lord | 1 |
| unto thee but the lord | 1 |
| unto thee by the lord | 1 |
| unto thee for i the lord | 1 |
| unto thee from the lord | 1 |
| unto thee only the lord | 1 |
| unto thee wherefore hath the lord | 1 |
| unto them behold because the lord | 1 |
| unto them i am the lord | 1 |
| unto them let the lord | 1 |
| upon him and the lord | 1 |
| upon it as the lord | 1 |
| upon me because the lord | 1 |
| upon me lord | 1 |
| upon thee i the lord | 1 |
| upon them as the lord | 1 |
| upon them the lord | 1 |
| upon us o lord | 1 |
| upon which the lords | 1 |
| upon you for the lord | 1 |
| upon you which the lord | 1 |
| us not the lord | 1 |
| us not thou o lord | 1 |
| us the lord | 1 |
| was from the lord | 1 |
| was the lord | 1 |
| what doth the lord | 1 |
| what have ye to do with the lord | 1 |
| whatsoever the lord | 1 |
| where the lord | 1 |
| whereby the lord | 1 |
| wherein the lords | 1 |
| wherewith he provoked the lord | 1 |
| whether the lord | 1 |
| which should be the lords | 1 |
| which thou o lord | 1 |
| with him and that the lord | 1 |
| with me forasmuch as when the lord | 1 |
| with me the lord | 1 |
| with that which the lord | 1 |
| with thee for the lord | 1 |
| with thee i the lord | 1 |
| with whom the lord | 1 |
| within her and the lord | 1 |
| ye him whom the lord | 1 |
| ye in the lord | 1 |
| ye make the lords | 1 |
| ye not against the lord | 1 |
| ye now what the lord | 1 |
| ye provoked the lord | 1 |
| ye that the lord | 1 |
| ye to the lord | 1 |
| yet lord | 1 |
| yet thou o lord | 1 |
| you and the lord | 1 |
| you but the lord | 1 |
| you so shall the lord | 1 |
| you so the lord | 1 |
| you the lord | 1 |
| yourselves to the lord | 1 |
| yourselves unto the lord | 1 |
Page 63 of 111. 5524 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
Read word by wordbecause your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
Read word by wordAnd Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordThen Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read word by wordHe appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordTo the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
Read word by wordSlaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
Read word by wordThey set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.
Read word by wordSo on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
Read word by wordAs for the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—
Read word by wordJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Read word by wordNebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
Read word by wordJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordIn the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
Read word by wordHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordFurthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAgain and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
Read word by wordBut they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Read word by wordwho carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
Read word by wordSo the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
Read word by wordIn 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 word by word“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. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
Read word by wordIn 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 word by word“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 word by wordWhoever 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 word by wordSo the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Read word by wordKing Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
Read word by wordWhen they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
Read word by wordThey set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
Read word by wordAfter that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD.
Read word by wordOn 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 word by wordIn 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 word by wordWhen 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 word by wordAnd 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 word by wordWhen the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
Read word by wordBut Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
Read word by wordThe Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordFor seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
Read word by wordthis Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
Read word by wordFor Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Read word by wordThis is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
Read word by wordBlessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
Read word by wordand who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
Read word by wordThen I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
Read word by wordGuard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
Read word by wordThen the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
Read word by wordAt the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
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