Ezra 1

Ezra 1 – New International Version (NIV) Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout...

Ezra 3

Ezra 3 – New International Version (NIV) Rebuilding the Altar When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem. Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of...

Ezra 5

Ezra 5 – New International Version (NIV) Tattenai’s Letter to Darius Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zerubbabel son of...

Ezra 6

Ezra 6 – New International Version (NIV) The Decree of Darius King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on...