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The Proclamation of Cyrus

22 (A)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to complete the word of Yahweh (B)by the mouth of Jeremiah—Yahweh (C)stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he had a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,

‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up!’”

The Proclamation of Cyrus

(D)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to complete the word of [a]Yahweh from the mouth of Jeremiah—Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he (E)had a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:1 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15

32 How then will one answer the (A)messengers of the nation?
That (B)Yahweh has founded Zion,
And (C)the afflicted of His people will take refuge in it.”

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13 I have awakened him in (A)righteousness,
And I will (B)make all his ways smooth;
He will (C)build My city and will (D)let My exiles go,
Without any payment or reward,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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11 “O (A)afflicted one, storm-tossed, and (B)not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will (C)set in [a](D)sapphires.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:11 Or lapis lazuli