Daniel 8:3
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3 I looked up and saw a ram standing beside the gate.[a] It had two horns. Both horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up second.(A)
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- 8.3 Or river
Daniel 8:20
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20 As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.
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Daniel 10:5
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5 I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.(A)
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Zechariah 6:1
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Eighth Vision: Four Chariots
6 And again I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
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Zechariah 5:9
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9 Then I looked up and saw two women coming forward. The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket[a] between earth and sky.
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- 5.9 Heb ephah
Zechariah 5:5
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Seventh Vision: The Woman in a Basket
5 Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is coming out.”
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Zechariah 5:1
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Zechariah 2:1
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Third Vision: The Man with a Measuring Line
2 [a]I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.(A)
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- 2.1 2.5 in Heb
Zechariah 1:18
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Second Vision: The Horns and the Smiths
18 [a]And I looked up and saw four horns.
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- 1.18 2.1 in Heb
Daniel 7:5
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5 Another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, had three tusks[a] in its mouth among its teeth, and was told, “Arise, devour many bodies!”
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- 7.5 Or ribs
Daniel 6:28
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28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.(A)
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Daniel 5:31
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31 [a]And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.(A)
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- 5.31 6.1 in Aram
Daniel 2:39
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39 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over the whole earth.(A)
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Jeremiah 51:11
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11 Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for his temple.(A)
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Isaiah 44:28
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28 who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd,
and he shall carry out all my purpose”;
and who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”(A)
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.(A)
Isaiah 13:17
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17 See, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.(A)
Esther 1:3
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3 in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the governors of the provinces were present,(A)
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Ezra 4:5
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5 and they bribed officials to frustrate their plan throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.
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Ezra 1:2
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2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.(A)
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1 Chronicles 21:16
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16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.(A)
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Joshua 5:13
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Joshua’s Vision
13 Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us or one of our adversaries?”(A)
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Numbers 24:2
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2 Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. Then the spirit of God came upon him,(A)
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