Isaiah 45:1
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Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to (A)his anointed, to Cyrus,
(B)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and (C)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
Isaiah 44:28
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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.’”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I am the Lord; (A)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (B)as a covenant for the people,
(C)a light for the nations,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
Isaiah 41:13
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13 For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
I am the one who helps you.”
Psalm 73:23
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23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you (A)hold my right hand.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.
24 (E)“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 45:5
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5 (A)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
(B)I equip you, though you do not know me,
Jeremiah 51:11
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Ezra 1:1
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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:
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Nahum 2:6
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Jeremiah 50:35
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35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against (A)her officials and her (B)wise men!
Isaiah 13:3
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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]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
Daniel 8:3
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3 I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, (A)a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
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Daniel 7:5
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5 And behold, (A)another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’
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Daniel 5:28-30
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28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (A)the Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]
29 Then (C)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (D)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 (E)That very night (F)Belshazzar the (G)Chaldean king was killed.
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- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
Daniel 5:6
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6 (A)Then the king's color changed, (B)and his thoughts alarmed him; (C)his limbs gave way, and (D)his knees knocked together.
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Ezekiel 30:21-24
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21 (A)“Son of man, (B)I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, (C)it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and (D)will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 (E)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24 And (F)I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (G)my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him (H)like a man mortally wounded.
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Jeremiah 50:3
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3 “For (A)out of the north a nation has come up against her, (B)which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; (C)both man and beast shall flee away.
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Jeremiah 27:6
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6 (A)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, (C)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.
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Isaiah 41:25
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25 (A)I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
(B)from the rising of the sun, (C)and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.
Isaiah 41:2
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2 (A)Who stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every (B)step?[a]
(C)He gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
(D)like driven stubble with his bow.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 41:2 Or whom righteousness calls to follow?
Job 12:21
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21 He (A)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
1 Kings 19:15
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15 And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
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