1 Esdras 4:8

8 if he tells them to attack, they attack; if he tells them to lay waste, they lay waste; if he tells them to build, they build;

1 Esdras 4:8 In-Context

6 Likewise those who do not serve in the army or make war but till the soil; whenever they sow and reap, they bring some to the king; and they compel one another to pay taxes to the king.

7 And yet he is only one man! If he tells them to kill, they kill; if he tells them to release, they release;

8 if he tells them to attack, they attack; if he tells them to lay waste, they lay waste; if he tells them to build, they build;

9 if he tells them to cut down, they cut down; if he tells them to plant, they plant.

10 All his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he reclines, he eats and drinks and sleeps,