1 Esdras 6:15LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 15 of 34
"But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, king of the Chaldees;"
In context
13So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
14And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
15But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, king of the Chaldees;
16who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
17But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build this house.