“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(A) me to build(B) a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

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Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (A)commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:2 Temple

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(A) For some days I mourned and fasted(B) and prayed before the God of heaven.

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So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(A) the God of heaven,(B) who made the sea(C) and the dry land.(D)

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So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear [a]the Lord, the God of heaven, (A)who made the sea and the dry land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:9 Heb. YHWH

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(A) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(B) to the God of heaven.(C)

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13 In the same hour (A)there was a great earthquake, (B)and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid (C)and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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