1 Esdras 6:13

13 They answered us, `We are the servants of the Lord who created the heaven and the earth.

1 Esdras 6:13 In-Context

11 Then we asked these elders, `At whose command are you building this house and laying the foundations of this structure?'

12 And in order that we might inform you in writing who the leaders are, we questioned them and asked them for a list of the names of those who are at their head.

13 They answered us, `We are the servants of the Lord who created the heaven and the earth.

14 And the house was built many years ago by a king of Israel who was great and strong, and it was finished.

15 But when our fathers sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, and provoked him, he gave them over into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans;