Ezra 1:1-2

Living Bible

1 During the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled Jeremiah’s prophecy^[a] by giving King Cyrus the desire to send this proclamation throughout his empire (he also put it into the permanent records of the realm):

² “Cyrus, king of Persia, hereby announces that Jehovah, the God of heaven who gave me my vast empire, has now given me the responsibility of building him a Temple in Jerusalem, in the land of Judah.