Ezra 3:10

3:10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, ¹  and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by ²  King David of Israel. ³ 

Ezra 6:14

6:14 The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time ⁴  Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Ezra 9:6

9:6 I prayed, ⁵ 

“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Ezra 10:2

10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, ⁶  addressed Ezra:

“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying ⁷  foreign women from the local peoples. ⁸  Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. ⁹ 

Ezra 10:13

10:13 However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. ¹⁰  We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter.

[3:10]  ¹ sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “according to the hands of.”

[3:10]  ³ sn See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Aram “in” or “by,” in the sense of accompaniment.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I said.”

[10:2]  ⁶ tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew MSS, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate עֵילָם (’elam, “Elam”) rather than the reading עוֹלָם (’olam, “eternity”) found in the MT.

[10:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.

[10:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[10:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “upon this.”

[10:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the time [is] rain showers.”