Ezr 1:1 | JFB | STEP | Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1. in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia-- The Persian empire, including Persia, Media, Babylonia, and Chaldea, with many smaller dependencies, was founded by Cyrus, 536 B.C. [Hales]. that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled-- (See ; ). This reference is a parenthetic statement of the historian, and did not form part of the proclamation.

‏ Ezra 1:1

THE BOOK OF EZRA

Commentary by Robert Jamieson

CHAPTER 1 Ezr 1:1-6. Proclamation of Cyrus for Building the Temple.

1. in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--The Persian empire, including Persia, Media, Babylonia, and Chaldea, with many smaller dependencies, was founded by Cyrus, 536 B.C. [Hales].

that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled--(See Jr 25:12; 29:10). This reference is a parenthetic statement of the historian, and did not form part of the proclamation.