Ezra 4:21
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. 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.
The command was a decree procured by the Samaritans in opposition to the returned exiles. It was issued by the false Smerdis, who occupied the Persian throne as an impostor ruler. Its terms forbade the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem, including both the city itself and its temple.