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Ezra 1:2–4 · BSB
1:2 “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.
1:3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
1:4 And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
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…preserved a copy of that very letter for us to read. And so we're going to complete this chapter tonight, but we're going to begin by looking atEzra 1, verses 2 through 4. Pause and meditate as we always do, bit by bit, part by part. Let's read it now together, shall we? Ezra on beginning in verse 2. Thus says Cyrus,…
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…the biblical text is so significant. I just want to read it to you because I think it's really encouraging what he says here. Cyrus speaks this inEzra 1, verses 1-4. In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus…
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…going to go ahead and get started with our first reader. I'm not sure where that's going to be. Can you hold on? No. I just wanted to. Thank you.Ezra, chapter 1, verses 1 through 4, the decree of Cyrus. 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…
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…by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides free will offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. InEzra 1, verses 1 to 4, there's a shifting of world powers. Israel had ruled in Jerusalem for many years, but then Babylon came in, and under Babylon, it seemed like…
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