Ezra 5:16

5:16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment ¹  it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

Ezra 9:4

9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ²  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ³  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

[5:16]  ¹ tn Aram “from then and until now.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.