Esdras 5:5

5 pero como Dios cuidaba a su pueblo, no pudieron impedir que los líderes judíos siguieran construyendo hasta que se enviara un informe a Darío y él comunicara su decisión al respecto.

Esdras 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 5:5

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews
He in his providence looked favourably at them, smiled upon them, encouraged them in the work by his good Spirit, and by the prophets, and gave them success, and protected and defended them, see ( 2 Chronicles 16:9 ) ( Zechariah 3:9 ) ( 4:10 ) ,

that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to
Darius;
they were not intimidated by what the governor and those with him said to them, but went on in their work; nor did the governor attempt to interrupt them, they having referred him and their cause to Darius for the truth of what they had said, and for further information from him:

and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter;
that is, Tatnai and those with him sent a letter to Darius about this affair, to which they had an answer, which are both related in this and the following chapters.

Esdras 5:5 In-Context

3 Sin embargo, Tatnai, el gobernador de la provincia situada al occidente del río Éufrates,
y Setar-boznai junto con sus colegas pronto llegaron a Jerusalén y preguntaron: «¿Quién les dio permiso para reconstruir este templo y restaurar esta estructura?».

4 También pidieron los nombres de todos los varones que trabajaban en la construcción del templo;

5 pero como Dios cuidaba a su pueblo, no pudieron impedir que los líderes judíos siguieran construyendo hasta que se enviara un informe a Darío y él comunicara su decisión al respecto.

6 Carta de Tatnai al rey Darío
La siguiente es una copia de la carta que el gobernador Tatnai, Setar-boznai y los demás funcionarios de la provincia situada al occidente del río Éufrates le enviaron al rey Darío:

7 «Al rey Darío: saludos.