* A.M. 3468.  B.C. 536.
   This verse and the next have a double aspect.  They look back
   to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was
   accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra,
   which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.

 * in the first.
  Ezr 1:1-3 
 * Cyrus.
  Isa 44:28  Da 10:1 
 * that the word.
  21  Jer 25:12,14  29:10  32:42-44  33:10-14  Heb 10:23 
 * the Lord stirred.
  21:16  1Sa 26:19  1Ki 11:14,23  1Ch 5:26  Ezr 1:5 
  Isa 13:3-5,17,18  44:28  45:1-5  Hag 1:14 
 * a proclamation.
  24:9  30:5