Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, 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 hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders be given by me.

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

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

Now therefore, hear the sentence: Prohibit those men, so that this city may be not built, until perhaps there may be further orders from me.

Until another commandment shall be given from me - The rebuilding was only provisionally suspended. The decree was, Let it cease for the present; nor let it proceed at any time without an order express from me.

Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease,.... From building:
and that this city be not builded until another commandment shall be given from me; he might suspect that this case, in all its circumstances, was not truly stated, and that hereafter he might see reason to recede from the present orders he gave; and the rather, as by searching, and perhaps on his own knowledge, must have observed, that his father Cyrus had shown favour to the Jews, and had not only set them at liberty, but had encouraged them to rebuild their temple; which might be what they were about, and was the case, and nothing else, except their houses to dwell in.

"Give ye now commandment to hinder these people (to keep them from the work), that this city be not built until command (sc. to build) be given from me." יתּשׂם, Ithpeal of שׂוּם.