Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Afar off - Or, from afar, from Chaldaea, far away from Yahweh' s dwelling in Jerusalem. The verse is a renewed entreaty to the Jews to leave Babylon and journey homewards, as soon as Cyrus grants them permission.
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