Ezra 1:1
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
Jeremiah 29:10
"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
In the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, the Lord moved King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
Ezra 5:13-15
But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.
Ezra 6:22
They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!
Psalm 106:46
He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
"'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 33:7-13
I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.
Daniel 2:1
In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia.
Matthew 3:1-3
In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
John 1:23
John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."