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1 Esdras 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Esdras 2:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Cyrus Permits the Exiles to Return
2 In the first year of Cyrus as king of the Persians, so that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished— 2 the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of the Persians, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
3 ‘Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord of Israel, the Lord Most High, has made me king of the world,
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