Ezra 1 (NET)

Ezra 1:1¹In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the Lord ’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord motivated King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing. It read:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:102 Chr 36:22-23Jer 25:12-14Ezra 6:22Ezra 7:27Jer 33:7-13Prov 21:1Ezra 5:13-15Ps 106:46

Ezra 1:2²“This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “‘The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:12-13Isa 44:26-45:1Dan 5:19-21Dan 5:231 Kgs 8:272 Chr 2:12Dan 2:21Dan 2:28Dan 2:37-38Dan 4:25

Ezra 1:3³Anyone of his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:26Jer 10:10Isa 45:5Acts 10:36Josh 1:9Matt 28:201 Chr 28:20Dan 2:47Deut 32:31Ps 83:18

Ezra 1:4⁴Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:31 Chr 29:171 Chr 29:93 John 1:6-8Acts 24:17Eccl 4:9-10Ezra 2:68-70Ezra 7:16-18Gal 6:2

Ezra 1:5⁵Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites—all those whose mind God had stirred—got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 1:12 Chr 36:22Phil 2:132 Cor 8:16Jas 1:16-17Neh 2:123 John 1:11Prov 16:1

Ezra 1:6⁶All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 9:7Ezra 1:4Ezra 7:15-16Ezra 8:25-28Ezra 8:33Ps 110:3

Ezra 1:7⁷Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord ’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed in the temple of his gods.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:72 Kgs 24:13Ezra 5:14Ezra 6:52 Chr 36:102 Chr 36:182 Kgs 25:13-16Dan 1:2Dan 5:2-3Dan 5:23

Ezra 1:8⁸King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 5:14Ezra 1:11Ezra 5:16Hag 1:1Hag 1:14Hag 2:2-4Zech 4:6-10

Ezra 1:9⁹The inventory of these items was as follows: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:502 Chr 24:142 Chr 4:112 Chr 4:21-222 Chr 4:8Ezra 8:27Matt 10:29-31Matt 14:8Num 7:13Num 7:19-89

Ezra 1:10¹⁰30 gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezra 1:11¹¹All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:19-21Matt 1:11-12Rom 9:23