One finds a striking resemblance both in the style and in the substance of cosmological account of IInd Isaiah in verses 40 and 45, with those of Yasna 44. S. Insler, Gatha of Zarathushtra p. 67. Takino into consideration the historic time slot, a strong case for the influence of Zoroaster's teaching on the thinking of Isaiah, can be made. The Book of EZRA, believed to have been written ca. It began by saying, that Yahweh, the God had commissioned Cyrus to build him a house in Jerusalem.
History records that the task was yet unfinished at that time.
15 of the Book of EZRA, request by prophets, Haggai and Zachariah to the Jews to build the 'House of Yahweh'. It is believed that after a search in the Royal records, Darius, then the ruling Zoroastrian monarch of Persia, complied to fulfill the decree of Cyrus. A safe passage to Egypt, since Palestine is strategically located on the road between Persia and Egypt. Artaxerxes followed the tradition of benevolence towards the Jews as set by his ancestors. EZRA was commissioned by emperor Artaxerxes to go to Jerusalem and to investigate the law of their God.