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===Liberation of the Captives of Judah=== | ===Liberation of the Captives of Judah=== | ||
Judah was under Babylonian rule in the sixth century BC. Around 586 BC, in the days of Zedekiah the king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon burned Jerusalem and destroyed it thoroughly, and he took the gold and silver articles of the Jerusalem temple and the precious sacred offerings to Babylon. Many Jews died, and hundreds of thousands of the Jews were taken captive.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Nebuchadnezzar_II/ |title=Nebuchadnezzar II |website=World History Encyclopedia |publisher= |date=November 7, 2018 |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+25%3A8-17&version=NIV |title=2 Kings 25:8–17 }}</ref> The prophet Jeremiah said that the destruction of Judah was the result of their disobedience to God’s word.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+25%3A8-9&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 25:8–9 }}</ref> He also prophesied that in due time the Jews would be released from Babylonian captivity, and that Babylon would be desolate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+25%3A12-14&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 25:12–14 }}</ref><br>As he had prophesied, Babylon was destroyed by Cyrus the king of Persia. Cyrus conquered Babylon and issued a decree to free the Jews who had been captive there and to return to their homeland, Jerusalem. After ordering the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed, Cyrus even gave offerings to rebuild the temple. | Judah was under Babylonian rule in the sixth century BC. Around 586 BC, in the days of Zedekiah the king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon burned Jerusalem and destroyed it thoroughly, and he took the gold and silver articles of the Jerusalem temple and the precious sacred offerings to Babylon. Many Jews died, and hundreds of thousands of the Jews were taken captive.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Nebuchadnezzar_II/ |title=Nebuchadnezzar II |website=World History Encyclopedia |publisher= |date=November 7, 2018 |year= |author= |series= |isbn= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+25%3A8-17&version=NIV |title=2 Kings 25:8–17 }}</ref> The prophet Jeremiah said that the destruction of Judah was the result of their disobedience to God’s word.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+25%3A8-9&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 25:8–9 }}</ref> He also prophesied that in due time the Jews would be released from Babylonian captivity, and that Babylon would be desolate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+25%3A12-14&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 25:12–14 }}</ref><br>As he had prophesied, Babylon was destroyed by Cyrus the king of Persia. Cyrus conquered Babylon and issued a decree to free the Jews who had been captive there and to return to their homeland, Jerusalem. After ordering the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed, Cyrus even gave offerings to rebuild the temple. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “ ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Anyone of his people among you-may his God be with him, and '''let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD''', the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem. | {{quote5 |내용= "In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing: “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “ ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Anyone of his people among you-may his God be with him, and '''let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD''', the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.'"|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+1%3A1-3&version=NIV Ezra 1:1–3]}} | ||
When the decree of Cyrus was issued, the tribe leaders, priests, and Levites arose to rebuild the temple, and the people around them too helped with various offerings. Cyrus took out all the utensils and vessels of the LORD’s temple that Nebuchadnezzar had seized from Jerusalem and put in the temple of his god, and brought them out to return to Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+1%3A5-11&version=NIV |title=Ezra 1:5–11 }}</ref> | When the decree of Cyrus was issued, the tribe leaders, priests, and Levites arose to rebuild the temple, and the people around them too helped with various offerings. Cyrus took out all the utensils and vessels of the LORD’s temple that Nebuchadnezzar had seized from Jerusalem and put in the temple of his god, and brought them out to return to Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+1%3A5-11&version=NIV |title=Ezra 1:5–11 }}</ref> | ||