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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Ezra 1:1-11: The LORD Stirs Up Cyrus to Send His People Home
Description: Cyrus’ foreign policy of allowing conquered peoples to go to their homes was unique in the ancient world, but it was not an accident of history. In fulfillment of what He had spoken through the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up Cyrus to make this decree. Cyrus’ decree in 538 BC allowed the people of Judah, who had been exiled in Babylon, to begin their journey back to the Promised Land. Those whose hearts the LORD stirred to go took along with them the vessels of the house of the LORD for use when the temple would be rebu...