1 Esdras 5:70

70 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers' houses in Israel said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building the house for the Lord our God,

1 Esdras 5:70 In-Context

68 So they approached Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers' houses and said to them, "We will build with you.

69 For we obey your Lord just as you do and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of the Assyrians, who brought us here."

70 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers' houses in Israel said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building the house for the Lord our God,

71 for we alone will build it for the Lord of Israel, as Cyrus the king of the Persians has commanded us."

72 But the peoples of the land pressed hard upon those in Judea, cut off their supplies, and hindered their building;