27 And at the inauguration+ of the wall of Jerusalem they looked for the Levites, to bring them out of all their places to Jerusalem to carry on an inauguration and a rejoicing even with thanksgivings+ and with song,+ cymbals [and] stringed instruments+ and with harps.+

28 the One saying of Cyrus,*+ ‘He is my shepherd, and all that I delight in he will completely carry out’;+ even in [my] saying* of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’* and of the temple, ‘You will have your foundation laid.’”+

18 This is what Jehovah has said: “Here I am gathering the captive ones of the tents of Jacob,+ and for his tabernacles I shall have pity. And the city will actually be rebuilt upon her mound;+ and upon its rightful site the dwelling tower itself will sit.+