Ezra 5:1

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Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel [prophesied they] to them.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Babylon/Babylonia was the former imperial center from which Judean exiles had returned; “Beyond the River” was the Persian province west of the Euphrates, including Judea. Jerusalem, Judea’s chief city, was where the returned community resumed rebuilding God’s temple under prophetic encouragement.

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Ezra 5:1 mentions Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Euphrates, Jerusalem and Judea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Babylonia — Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Beyond the River — Beyond the River · Bazminbaz