21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
22 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:
23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
‘
The LORD,
the God of heaven,
who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth,
has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
Whoever among you belongs to His people,
may the LORD his God be
with him,
and may he go up.’”
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