Cross References In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: 2 Chronicles 36:22 But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying: 2 Chronicles 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given to me, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea: who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. Ezra 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem. Ezra 4:3 But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus king of the Persians hath commanded us. Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, Ezra 6:14 And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians. Ezra 6:22 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel. Isaiah 44:28 Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built: and to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid. Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. Jeremiah 25:12 And when the seventy years shall be expired, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans: and I will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. Ezekiel 38:5 The Persians, Ethiopians, and Libyans with them, all with shields and helmets. Daniel 6:25 Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you. Daniel 9:2 The first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying: Now in the 2 Chronicles 36:22,23 But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying: . . . 600 years before Christ, and died at the age of 70, after a reign of 30 years. He was mentioned by name, and his conquests foretold, by the prophet Isaiah, about a century before his birth. Josephus states the partiality he evinced towards the Jews, arose from the circumstance of these prophecies being shown him, probably by Daniel.) by the mouth Jeremiah 25:12-14 And when the seventy years shall be expired, I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans: and I will make it perpetual desolations. . . . Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. Jeremiah 33:7-13 And I will bring back the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Jerusalem: and I will build them as from the beginning. . . . the Lord Ezra 5:13-15 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built. . . . Ezra 6:22 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel. Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem, Psalm 106:46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives. Proverbs 21:1 As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it. Daniel 2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind. made a proclamation. Matthew 3:1-3 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea. . . . John 1:23 He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. Context The Proclamation of Cyrus…23Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given to me, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea: who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. 1In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:2Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.… Lexicon In the firstאַחַ֗ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first year וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת (ū·ḇiš·naṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year of Cyrus לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ (lə·ḵō·w·reš) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3566: Cyrus -- a person king king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king of Persia, פָּרַ֔ס (pā·ras) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon to fulfill לִכְל֥וֹת (liḵ·lō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent the word דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel spoken מִפִּ֣י (mip·pî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to through Jeremiah, יִרְמְיָ֑ה (yir·mə·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel stirred הֵעִ֣יר (hê·‘îr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5782: To rouse oneself, awake the spirit ר֙וּחַ֙ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of Cyrus כֹּ֣רֶשׁ (kō·reš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3566: Cyrus -- a person king king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king of Persia פָּרַ֔ס (pā·ras) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon to send וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־ (way·ya·‘ă·ḇer-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on a proclamation קוֹל֙ (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound throughout בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every his kingdom מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (mal·ḵū·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom and to put it in writing בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב (bə·miḵ·tāḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4385: A thing written, the characters, a document as follows: לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say Additional Translations In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying, And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, Jump to Previous Accomplished Cyrus First Fulfill Fulfilled Jeremiah Kingdom Mouth Order Persia Proclamation Spirit Stirred Throughout Word WritingJump to Next Accomplished Cyrus First Fulfill Fulfilled Jeremiah Kingdom Mouth Order Persia Proclamation Spirit Stirred Throughout Word WritingLinks Ezra 1:1 NIVEzra 1:1 NLT Ezra 1:1 ESV Ezra 1:1 NASB Ezra 1:1 KJV Ezra 1:1 Bible Apps Ezra 1:1 Biblia Paralela Ezra 1:1 Chinese Bible Ezra 1:1 French Bible Ezra 1:1 German Bible Alphabetical: a all also and by Cyrus first fulfill he heart his In it Jeremiah king kingdom LORD make mouth moved Now of order Persia proclamation put realm saying sent so spirit spoken stirred that the throughout to up word writing year OT History: Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus (Ezr. 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