Adversaries, “the people of the land, ” says Ezra 4: 4,“ were continually weakening the hands of the people of Judah and disheartening them from building. ”
تُخْبِرُ عَزْرَا ٤ :‏ ٤ أَنَّ ٱلْأَعْدَاءَ ،‏ « شَعْبَ ٱلْأَرْضِ » ،‏ رَاحُوا « يُضْعِفُونَ أَيْدِيَ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا وَيُثَبِّطُونَ عَزِيمَتَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْبِنَاءِ » .‏