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2 Chronicles 36:22, 23
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: . . .

by the mouth

Jeremiah 25:12-14
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. . . .

Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: "When Babylon's seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

Jeremiah 33:7-13
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times. . . .

the Lord

Ezra 5:13-15
However, in his first year, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. . . .

Ezra 6:22
For seven days they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

Psalm 106:46
He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

Daniel 2:1
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep deserted him.

made a proclamation.

Matthew 3:1-3
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea . . .

John 1:23
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"