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 CHAP. XXXVL v. 22.

resting and sabbath kecping all the days of its desolation, till the accom- plishment of seventy years. *!In the first year of Cyrus king of the Per- siang, after the fulfilment of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and told him to make proclamation in writing through- 506

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out all his kingdom, saying, * Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians to all the kingdoms of the earth, The Lord God of heaven has given me power, and he has commanded me to build a housc to him in Jerusalem in Judea. Who is there of you of all his le? his God shall be with him, and let E.m

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