Ezr 1:1 | HCSB | STEP | In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled . The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing :

Ezra 1:1

1 In ^a the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ^{▼▼Cyrus reigned 559-530 b.c.} the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. ^c The Lord put it into the mind ^d of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing: