1 During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Cyrus|strong="H3566" was|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H3615" an|strong="H3615" announcement|strong="H3068". It|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" written down, and|strong="H3068" Cyrus|strong="H3566" ordered|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1571" read throughout|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438". This|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" years|strong="H8141" before would|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1571" happen|strong="H1697". This|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" announcement|strong="H3068":
2 From|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539":
3 If|strong="H0834" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" living among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834", I|strong="H0834" pray God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" bless them|strong="H0853". You|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" let|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" country of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063". You|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" let|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853" go|strong="H5927" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
4 And|strong="H0430" so|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" might|strong="H4725" be|strong="H0376" survivors|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1004" Israel, the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" must|strong="H5375" support|strong="H5375" these|strong="H1931" survivors|strong="H7604". Give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H0430" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". Give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" gifts for|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" Temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
5 So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" tribes of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H6965" Benjamin|strong="H1144" prepared|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". Also|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" encouraged prepared|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
6 All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" neighbors gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" many gifts. They|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H3027" other|strong="H3605" expensive things|strong="H3605". Their|strong="H3605" neighbors freely gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605".
7 Also|strong="H3068", King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" false gods|strong="H0430".
8 King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" told|strong="H5608" Mithredath|strong="H4990", the|strong="H5921" man who|strong="H3063" keeps his|strong="H5921" money, to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H3318" those|strong="H5921" things out|strong="H3318". So|strong="H3318" Mithredath|strong="H4990" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339", the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063".
9 This|strong="H0428" is|strong="H3701" what Mithredath brought out of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H0428" Lord’s Temple: 30 gold|strong="H2091" dishes|strong="H0105", 1000 silver|strong="H3701" dishes|strong="H0105", 29 knives and|strong="H3701" pans,
10 30 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713", 410 silver|strong="H3701" bowls|strong="H3713" similar to|strong="H0312" the|strong="H3967" gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713", and|strong="H3967" 1000 other|strong="H0312" dishes.
11 All|strong="H3605" together|strong="H5973", there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H0702" 5400 things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5927" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" silver|strong="H3701". Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" when|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" prisoners left|strong="H5927" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H3967" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".