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Ezra 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ezra 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
End of the Babylonian Captivity
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:[a] The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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- 1.2 The Persians, unlike the Babylonians, pursued a very liberal policy in matters of religion.
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