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:
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for t
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of th
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them a
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message wa
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prep
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people shoul
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He a
And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the se
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the
Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehoza
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer ki
Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.