Ezra 1:1-2

1:1

Now in the first
<0259>

year
<08141>

of Cyrus
<03566>

king
<04428>

of Persia
<06539>_,

that the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

by the mouth
<06310>

of Jeremiah
<03414>

might be fulfilled
<03615> (8800)_,

the LORD
<03068>

stirred up
<05782> (8689)

the spirit
<07307>

of Cyrus
<03566>

king
<04428>

of Persia
<06539>_,

that he made a proclamation
<05674> (8686) <06963>

throughout all his kingdom
<04438>_,

and [put it] also in writing
<04385>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

{made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass}

1:2

Thus saith
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Cyrus
<03566>

king
<04428>

of Persia
<06539>_,

The LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of heaven
<08064>

hath given
<05414> (8804)

me all the kingdoms
<04467>

of the earth
<0776>_;

and he hath charged
<06485> (8804)

me to build
<01129> (8800)

him an house
<01004>

at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

which [is] in Judah
<03063>_.

Ezra 1:5

1:5

Then rose up
<06965> (8799)

the chief
<07218>

of the fathers
<01>

of Judah
<03063>

and Benjamin
<01144>_,

and the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

with all [them] whose spirit
<07307>

God
<0430>

had raised
<05782> (8689)_,

to go up
<05927> (8800)

to build
<01129> (8800)

the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03389>_.