1 Esdras 6:15

15 But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, He gave them over into the power of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, of the Chaldeans,Œ

1 Esdras 6:15 In-Context

13 So they gave us this answer: `We are the servants of the Lord who made heaven and earth.

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

15 But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, He gave them over into the power of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, of the Chaldeans,Œ

16 who pulled down the house and burned it, and carried away the people captive unto Babylon.

17 But in the first year that King Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.