“We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.”
The conclusion: "We assure you that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion in Trans-Euphrates." This final emphatic reassertion of the financial and political stakes represents the ultimate appeal designed to motivate imperial intervention. The stark language claiming loss of dominion in the entire region represents extreme scaremongering emphasizing the supposed catastrophic consequences of permitting Jewish restoration. The formal accusation's conclusion attempts to leave no doubt regarding the severity of the threat that opponents claim Jewish restoration represents. The accumulated rhetoric across the formal accusation represents a comprehensive strategy designed to convince Persian authorities that obstruction of Jewish restoration served imperial interests.
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