19 aThen they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.
20 And athose who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, bwhere they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,
21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of aJeremiah, until the land bhad enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate cshe kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus
22 aNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of bJeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of cCyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
23 aThus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a1 house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a1 house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
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