The Book of Daniel Page #8

No.

Old friend,

have you heard nothing?

Do you not recognize

the truth when you hear it,

or do you suppose this

Daniel has spent a lifetime...

arranging events in the hopes

of one day deceiving me?

Your God has

called me a shepherd,

and so to your

people I shall be,

to rescue them

from wolves and tyrants,

to gather them gently...

and to relieve

them from bondage...

and provide for their return.

And so say I, Cyrus,

king of the Persians,

let Jerusalem be rebuilt.

The Lord God of heaven has given

me all the kingdoms of the earth...

and has appointed for me...

to build a temple

in Jerusalem in Judea.

Any one of his people among you,

may his God be with you.

Let him go to

Jerusalem in Judea...

and build a temple of the Lord,

the God of Israel...

In all my years

I had never known envy,

but that day I came closer

to tasting it than I ever have,

for I would never see the temple

I so yearned to see.

However, my heart was joyous

as my brothers and sisters...

departed on their journey home

while I remained in Babylon...

awaiting the day

when I, too,

would be gathered

to my ancestors.

And remember me also,

O Lord,

and show mercy

according to your great love.

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