aEzr 1:1-3
cJr 25:11-14; 27:22; 29:10-14; 33:7-10
dIsa 44:28; 45:1

2 Chronicles 36:22

The Decree of Cyrus

22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, a the word of the Lord spoken through ▼
▼Lit Lord by the mouth of
 Jeremiah c was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus d of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:
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