In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites — everyone God had motivated — prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.
Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.