Ezra 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Ye have nothing to do with us; as being of another nation and religion, and therefore not concerned in Cyrus's grant, which was confined to the Israelites and to the worshippers of the true God. We ourselves together, i.e. who are united together by Cyrus's grant in this work; or, alone, as this word is sometimes used, as Job 34:29 Psalms 33:15 Hosea 11:7.

Ezra 4:3

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.