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EZRA

CHAPTER 1

1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of ^aJeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of ^bCyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Footnotes

1 Ne. 5: 13.

13 And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of ^aZedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of ^bJeremiah.

1 Ne. 7: 14.

14 For behold, the ^aSpirit of the Lord ^bceaseth soon to strive with them; for behold, they have ^crejected the prophets, and ^dJeremiah have they cast into prison. And they have sought to take away the ^elife of my father, insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.

Hel. 8: 20.

20 And behold, also ^aZenock, and also ^bEzias, and also ^cIsaiah, and ^dJeremiah, (Jeremiah being that same prophet who testified of the destruction of ^eJerusalem) and now we know that Jerusalem was destroyed according to the words of Jeremiah. O then why not the Son of God come, according to his prophecy?

Dan. 6: 28.

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of ^aDarius, and in the reign of ^bCyrus the Persian.