Ezra 4:18 Midrash

נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕א דִּ֥י שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּן עֲלֶ֑ינָא מְפָרַ֥שׁ קֱרִ֖י קָדָמָֽי׃

the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Read midrashic interpretation of Ezra 4:18: and classical rabbinic exegesis.