Now in the first yeer of Cyrus king of Persia, &c.] Ezra 1:1. Jeremiah] Jere. 25. 12, 13. and 29. 10. might be accomplished] Or, when the word of the Lord was accomplished. stirred up the spirit of Cyrus] By sending some prophet to him or by giving him notice of prophesies tending to that end (as Isaiah 44:28. and 45. 1, &c.) or by some inward speciall instinct.