After stating that a crowd had gathered in Jerusalem "in the ninth month [Chislev] on the twentieth day of the month," Ezra reports that people were "shivering . . . on account of the showers of rain."
Ngemva kokuba ethe isixuku sasikade sibuthene eJerusalema "ngenyanga yesishiyagalolunye [uChislev] ngosuku lwamashumi amabili lwenyanga," u-Ezra ubika ukuthi abantu 'babeqhaqhazela ngenxa yezihlambi zemvula.'