2 Chronicles 36:4-20

Judah’s King Jehoiakim – Did what was evilJudah’s King Jehoiachin – Did what was evilJudah’s King Zedekiah – Did what was evil

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Jeremiah 29:10b-11

“…I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to RESTORE you to this place. For I know the plans I have for you” –this is the Lord’s declaration- “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”

Isaiah 44:24,26,28

“This is what the Lord, your Redeemer says to Jerusalem: She will be inhabited, and to the cities of Judah: They will be rebuilt, and I will RESTORE her ruins; who says to Cyrus: My shepherd, he will fulfill all My pleasure and say to Jerusalem: She will be rebuilt, and of the temple: Its foundation will be laid.”

Isaiah 45:1,3,4,13

“The Lord says this to Cyrus, I the Lord, the God of Israel call you by your name. I call you by your name, because of Jacob My servant. I give a name to you, though you do not know Me. He will rebuild My city, and set My exiles free, not for a price or a bribe.”

Jeremiah 29:1,10,11,14

“…the letter that Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the exiles, the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon. For this is what the Lord says: ‘When 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm My promises concerning you to RESTORE you to this place…

Jeremiah 29:1,10,11,14

“…For I know the plans I have for you’ –this is the Lord’s declaration- ‘plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. I will RESTORE your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you. I will RESTORE you to the place I deported you from.”

Daniel 1:21

“Daniel remained there (King Nebuchadnezzar, court, of Babylon) until the first year of King Cyrus (King of Persia).”

2 Chronicles 36:22,23

“In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. This is what King Cyrus of Persia says, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a temple at Jerusalem. Whoever among you of His people may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.”

Jeremiah 29:10b-11

“…I will attend to you and will confirm My promise concerning you to RESTORE you to this place. For I know the plans I have for you” –this is the Lord’s declaration- “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”