23 (A)Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!

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  1. 2 Chronicles 36:23 Temple

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be against us?

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Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

“Up, up! Flee (A)from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have (B)spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. “Up, Zion! (C)Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

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  1. Daniel 5:23 Exalted
  2. Daniel 5:23 The temple

35 (A)All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
(B)He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
(C)No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, (D)“What have You done?”

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37 (A)You, O king, are a king of kings. (B)For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;

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21 And He changes (A)the times and the seasons;
(B)He removes kings and raises up kings;
(C)He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.

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Do not lift up your horn on high;
Do not speak with [a]a stiff neck.’ ”

For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.
But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.

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  1. Psalm 75:5 Insolent pride

18 O king, (A)the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your [a]father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.

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  1. Daniel 5:18 Or ancestor

26 (A)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
27 (B)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;
28 Who says of (C)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, (D)“You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

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13 I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.

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the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is (A)willing to [a]consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:5 Lit. fill his hand

16 Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and (A)the Lord be with you.”

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