* A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.
This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back
to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was
accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra,
which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.
* in the first.
# Ezr 1:1-3|
* Cyrus.
# Isa 44:28; Da 10:1|
* that the word.
# 21; Jer 25:12,14; 29:10; 32:42-44; 33:10-14; Heb 10:23|
* the Lord stirred.
# 21:16; 1Sa 26:19; 1Ki 11:14,23; 1Ch 5:26; Ezr 1:5|
# Isa 13:3-5,17,18; 44:28; 45:1-5; Hag 1:14|
* a proclamation.
# 24:9; 30:5|
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