Isaiah 41:25
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
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Isaiah 41:25
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
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Isaiah 41:2
Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
Isaiah 45:1
The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;
Isaiah 45:2
I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
Isaiah 45:3
And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.
Isaiah 45:4
Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
Isaiah 45:6
So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Isaiah 44:28
Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
Isaiah 45:13
I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.
Isaiah 37:35
For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
Isaiah 48:14
Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans.
Isaiah 48:15
I, even I, have given the word; I have sent for him: I have made him come, and have given effect to his undertakings.
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Isaiah 41:21
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 41:22
Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.
Isaiah 41:23
Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
Isaiah 41:24
But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
Isaiah 41:25
I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.
Isaiah 41:26
Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.
Isaiah 41:27
I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 41:28
And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.
Isaiah 41:29
Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
Isaiah 42:9
See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.
Isaiah 44:7
If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.
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Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:2
These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezra 1:3
Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:4
And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles 36:23
Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up.
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Isaiah 41:3
He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
Isaiah 41:4
Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
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Jeremiah 51:27
Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts.
Jeremiah 51:28
Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.
Jeremiah 51:29
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.
Isaiah 21:2
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Jeremiah 50:9
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.
Daniel 5:28
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel 5:29
Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:30
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
Isaiah 13:3
I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
Isaiah 13:4
The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.
Isaiah 13:17
See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
Jeremiah 50:3
For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.
Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.
Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.
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Jeremiah 51:20
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
Jeremiah 51:21
With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;
Jeremiah 51:22
With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;
Jeremiah 51:23
With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.
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Ezra 9:2
For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
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Nehemiah 2:16
And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.
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Psalms 7:5
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
Isaiah 2:16
And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.
Isaiah 63:3
I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.
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Isaiah 26:6
It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
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Jeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 4:6
Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.
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Daniel 3:2
And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to get together all the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, to come to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.
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