Isaiah 45:13
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13 (A)I have stirred him up in righteousness,
(B)and I will make all his ways level;
(C)he shall build my city
(D)and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
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?
Isaiah 49:25
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25 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
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 13:17
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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.
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
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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: 23 “Thus says Cyrus king 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. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.’”
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Isaiah 48:14-15
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14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
(A)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
(B)he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against (C)the Chaldeans.
15 (D)I, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
Isaiah 46:11
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11 (A)calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
(B)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
Isaiah 44:28-45:6
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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,
6 (O)that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Ezra 1:3
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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—(A)he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 52:5
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5 Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and (A)continually all the day my name is despised.
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Isaiah 52:2-3
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2 (A)Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
(B)loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the Lord: (C)“You were sold for nothing, and (D)you shall be redeemed without money.”
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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
Psalm 65:5
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5 By (A)awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
the hope of all (B)the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas;
Romans 3:24-26
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24 (A)and are justified (B)by his grace as a gift, (C)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God (D)put forward as (E)a propitiation (F)by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in (G)his divine forbearance he had passed over (H)former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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