Ezra 4:21
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Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders be given by me.

Give ye, etc.

Ezra 4:19 And I commanded: and search hath been made, and it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelled against kings, and seditions and wars have been raised therein.

Context
The Decree of Artaxerxes
20For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who have had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river: and have received tribute, and toll and revenues. 21Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders be given by me.22See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings.…
Cross References
Ezra 4:20
For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who have had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river: and have received tribute, and toll and revenues.

Ezra 4:22
See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings.

Lexicon
Now, therefore,
כְּעַן֙ (kə·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3705: Now

issue
שִׂ֣ימוּ (śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7761: To set, make

an order
טְּעֵ֔ם (ṭə·‘êm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2942: Flavor, judgment, account

for these
אִלֵּ֑ךְ (’il·lêḵ)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 479: These

men
גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א (guḇ·ray·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1400: A person

to stop,
לְבַטָּלָ֖א (lə·ḇaṭ·ṭā·lā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 989: To cease

so that this
דָךְ֙ (ḏāḵ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1791: This

city
וְקִרְיְתָ֥א (wə·qir·yə·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 7149: Building

will not
לָ֣א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3809: Not, no

be rebuilt
תִתְבְּנֵ֔א (ṯiṯ·bə·nê)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1124: To build

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5705: Even to, until

I
מִנִּ֖י (min·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4481: From, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than

so order.
טַעְמָ֥א (ṭa‘·mā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2941: Account, to be commanded, commandment, matter


Additional Translations
Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.

Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.

Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;

Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.

Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.

'Now, make ye a decree to cause these men to cease, and this city is not builded, till by me a decree is made.
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