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Ezra

Judah's return to Jerusalem

  • by Jerold Aust
Decades after the Jews went into captivity in Babylon, King Cyrus of Persia made a decree (ca. 538 B.C.) that the Jews in Babylon could return to Jerusalem.
Artist's rendition of the prophet Ezra.

Profiles of Faith: Ezra - Spiritually Restoring a People

  • by Jerold Aust
Ezra the priest was a faithful servant of God who helped fulfill God's promises to the remnant of Judah in Babylon in the 400s B.C. His calling was not self-appointed, nor could anyone on his own fulfill the kind of responsibilities to which he was called.