Ezr 4:3, Psa 33:15, Hos 11:7 | ESV | STEP | But Zerubbabel , Jeshua , and the rest of the heads of fathers ’ houses in Israel said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God ; but we alone will build to the Lord , the God of Israel , as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

Ezra 4:3

3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel said to them, ^a“You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we alone will build to the Lord, the God of Israel, ^bas King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

Psalms 33:15

15 he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.

Hosea 11:7

7 My people are bent ^con turning away from me,
and though ^dthey call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.