Text: Jeremiah 25:11
OT Text Referred to: Ezra 1:1-3
Subject: fulfillment of Jeremiah's seventy-year prophecy
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Ezra 1:1 explicitly states that Cyrus's decree occurred "in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah" (לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר־יְהוָה מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה, likhlot devar-YHWH mippi Yirmeyah), directly citing Jeremiah's seventy-year prophecy as the prophetic basis for the return from exile. Jeremiah 25:11 predicted seventy years of Babylonian service, and Ezra records the fulfillment when Cyrus permits the Jews to return and rebuild the temple. The narrative connection demonstrates that the Persian king's decree was not a political accident but the providential fulfillment of prophetic word — God "stirred the spirit of Cyrus" to accomplish what Jeremiah had foretold. This is one of the clearest instances of OT promise-fulfillment within the OT itself.
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Text: Ezra 1:1-3
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 25:11
Subject: Prophetic fulfillment of exile end
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Ezra 1:1 explicitly states that Cyrus's decree came "to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah" (לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר יְהוָה מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה), referencing Jeremiah 25:11's prophecy that Judah would serve Babylon for seventy years (שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, shiv'im shanah). The Ezra narrator presents the return from exile as precise prophetic fulfillment: the seventy-year timeframe has elapsed, and YHWH acts through Cyrus to accomplish what He promised through Jeremiah. This connection establishes the return as a divinely orchestrated event, not a geopolitical accident, grounding post-exilic Israel's identity in the reliability of prophetic promise.