Study it in the app““Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever among you is of all his people, may YHWH his Elohim be with him, and let him go up.’””
“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרCyrusכּוֹרֶשׁkingמֶלֶךְof Persia:פָּרַס‘Allכָּלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earthהָאָרֶץYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםhas givenנָתַןme,לִיand heוְהוּאhas chargedפָקַדmeעָלַיto buildלִבְנוֹתhimלוֹa houseבַיִתin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִַםwhichאֲשֶׁרis in Judah.בִּיהוּדָהWhoeverמִיamong youבָכֶםis of allמִכָּלhis people,עַמּוֹmay YHWHיְהוָהhis Elohimאֱלֹהָיוbe with him,עִמּוֹand let him go up.’”וְיָעַל
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsCyrus
Cyrus: king of Persia who conquered Babylon and allowed the exiles of Judah to return to their land and rebuild the house of God.
Where else “koresh” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsappoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “fakad” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vayit” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsThe book ends with the same words with which Ezra begins (Ezra 1:1-3).
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The decree of Cyrus
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, 23“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever among you is of all his people, may YHWH his Elohim be with him, and let him go up.’”
1And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH from the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying: 2“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3Whoever among you is of all his people, may his Elohim be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel; he is the Elohim who is in Jerusalem.
1Persia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
22In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
23 · This verse (above)
