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Cyrus. See note on Isa_45:1.
even saying = and saying: i.e. Jehovah, the Speaker from Isa_44:24, and in the preceding clause. It does not mean that Cyrus spoke of rebuilding Jerusalem (for he did not), but it records what Jehovah would say of Cyrus, and what He would say also to Jerusalem. Nehemiah must have obtained a copy of Isaiah on his visit to Jerusalem, or he could not have instructed Cyrus.
Jerusalem. Named before the temple, because the city and its walls were first built, before the temple foundations were laid. See notes on Neh_7:4, and also App-57 and App-58.
temple. Named after Jerusalem, because the city walls were first built. See note above, and compare Neh_7:4 with Hag_1:1-4.