Then came the ox and drank the water: This is a reference to the time of Jeroboam who fashioned calves, and started the sin of the golden calf all over again They angered God because they abandoned His Torah And they desired false gods He sent prophets and seers Until when will they dream? And humiliate the word of God? This is the ox - From a time of grace Moses managed to quench the fire And now because of Jeroboam, the failure returned And it flared up like great injustice. From then on the nation of Israel grew weaker From generation to generation she wasted away Until there was almost nothing left of her. The King of Babylon in his insolence, He has his multitude Corrupted Zion and its monarchy. They killed the nation of Your strength They burned the Sanctuary of the King Until it was nothing but a pillar of salt. Israel went down to Babylon They wandered about homeless They dwelled among their enemies Until there arose the spirit of Cyrus who Gave permission to Ezra the Scribe To build a beautiful Temple in Jerusalem Ezra tried to rid them of the evil inclination “On a raised platform stood the Levites…. and cried out in a loud voice…”