TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
Tattenai Appeals to Darius Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra:“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.
You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!
ב(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.
You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations.
“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.