2 “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says, ‘Jehovah the God of the heavens has given me all the kingdoms of the earth,+ and he has commissioned me to build him a house in Jerusalem,+ which is in Judah. 3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of Jehovah the God of Israel—he is the true God—whose house was in Jerusalem.*

20 Go out from Babylon!+

Flee from the Chal·deʹans!

Announce it with a joyful cry! Proclaim it!+

Make it known to the ends of the earth.+

Say: “Jehovah has repurchased his servant Jacob.+

 2 Shake off the dust, rise and take a seat, O Jerusalem.

Loosen the bonds on your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.+