2 Chronicles 36:22
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The Proclamation of Cyrus
22 (A)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (B)that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, (C)the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
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Jeremiah 25:12
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12 Then after (A)seventy years are completed, (B)I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, (C)the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, (D)making the land an everlasting waste.
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Jeremiah 29:10
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10 “For thus says the Lord: (A)When seventy years are completed for Babylon, (B)I will visit you, (C)and I will fulfill to you my promise (D)and bring you back to this place.
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Ezra 1:1-3
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The Proclamation of Cyrus
1 (A)In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (B)that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so (C)that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (D)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—(E)he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 36:21
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21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had (A)enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate (B)it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
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Daniel 10:1
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Daniel's Terrifying Vision of a Man
10 (A)In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, (B)who was named Belteshazzar. And (C)the word was true, and it was a great conflict.[a] And (D)he understood the word and (E)had understanding of the vision.
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- Daniel 10:1 Or and it was about a great conflict
Jeremiah 33:10-14
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10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (A)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 (B)the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring (C)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
(D)“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
(E)For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (F)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (G)habitations of shepherds (H)resting their flocks. 13 (I)In the cities of the hill country, (J)in the cities of the Shephelah, (K)and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, (L)the places about Jerusalem, (M)and in the cities of Judah, (N)flocks shall again pass under the hands (O)of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
The Lord's Eternal Covenant with David
14 (P)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (Q)I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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Jeremiah 32:42-44
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42 “For thus says the Lord: (A)Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. 43 (B)Fields shall be bought in this land (C)of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; (D)it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ 44 Fields shall be bought for money, and (E)deeds shall be signed and (F)sealed and (G)witnessed, (H)in the land of Benjamin, (I)in the places about Jerusalem, (J)and in the cities of Judah, (K)in the cities of the hill country, (L)in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for (M)I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”
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Isaiah 44:28-45:5
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28 who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is (B)my shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
(C)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to (D)his anointed, to Cyrus,
(E)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and (F)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and (G)level the exalted places,[a]
(H)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 (I)I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, (J)who call you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
(K)I call you by your name,
(L)I name you, though you do not know me.
5 (M)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
(N)I equip you, though you do not know me,
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- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 (B)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
Ezra 1:5
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5 Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, (A)everyone whose spirit (B)God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
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Hebrews 10:23
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23 (A)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (B)he who promised is faithful.
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Haggai 1:14
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14 And (A)the Lord stirred up the spirit of (B)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of (C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all (D)the remnant of the people. And they came and (E)worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
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Jeremiah 25:14
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14 (A)For many nations (B)and great kings shall make slaves even of them, (C)and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
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Isaiah 13:3-5
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3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.[a]
4 The sound (A)of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
(B)The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 (C)They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
- Isaiah 13:5 Or earth; also verse 9
2 Chronicles 30:5
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5 So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, (A)from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed.
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2 Chronicles 24:9
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9 And (A)proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord (B)the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
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2 Chronicles 21:16
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16 (A)And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger[a] of the Philistines and of (B)the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians.
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- 2 Chronicles 21:16 Hebrew spirit
1 Chronicles 5:26
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26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (A)Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of (B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them (C)to Halah, (D)Habor, Hara, and (E)the river Gozan, to this day.
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1 Kings 11:23
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23 God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master (A)Hadadezer king of Zobah.
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1 Kings 11:14
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14 And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom.
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1 Samuel 26:19
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19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, (A)for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in (B)the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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