1 Esdras 5:70

70 Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans told them, "We don't need your help in building the Temple for the Lord our God.

1 Esdras 5:70 In-Context

68 they went to Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans and said, "Let us join you in building the Temple.

69 We worship the same Lord you worship and we have been offering sacrifices to him ever since Emperor Esarhaddon of Assyria sent us here to live."

70 Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans told them, "We don't need your help in building the Temple for the Lord our God.

71 We will build it ourselves, just as Emperor Cyrus of Persia commanded us."

72 Then the people who had been living in the land began to harass the Jews; they cut off their supplies and kept them from building.