1 Esdras 8:81

81 restored the glory of your Temple, rebuilt the city of Jerusalem out of its ruins, and gave us a place of security here in Judah and Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 8:81 In-Context

79 You have let the light of our nation shine again, after feeding us and taking care of us during the time of our slavery.

80 Even when we were slaves you did not abandon us; you made the emperors of Persia favor us, so that they gave us food,

81 restored the glory of your Temple, rebuilt the city of Jerusalem out of its ruins, and gave us a place of security here in Judah and Jerusalem.

82 "But now, Lord, what can we say, after you have done all this for us? We have again disobeyed the commands that you gave us through your servants, the prophets. They told us that

83 the land we were to occupy was an impure land because the heathen people who lived in it filled it with their disgusting deeds.