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Ezra 1 : 1
God does not rule in nations, but He is mindful of them. He can and does place people in positions of influence who want what is best for the people and who trust in the Lord.
-Henry B. Eyring, October 2010 General Conference
It was a strange thing that in the days of Isaiah the Lord revealed to him that the greatest of all the nations in the earth should be humbled, and He gave the name of the man, Cyrus, whom the Lord referred to as His anointed, and told Isaiah that Cyrus would overthrow Babylon and rebuild Jerusalem. The prophet had said that Jerusalem would be in bondage seventy years (Jer. 25:8-12). It was just seventy years when Cyrus gathered together and took back to Jerusalem the Jews who had been taken captive to Babylon.
-George Albert Smith, October 1943 Conference Report
Psalms 1-2; 8; 19-33; 40; 46
Psalms 49-51; 61-66; 69-72; 77-78; 85-86
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