* 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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