Isaiah 45:1

Cyrus, God's Instrument

¹ The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm kings,
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
² “I will go before you
and level the uneven places;
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.

His Right Hand

Open Door

Right Hand

Says the Lord

Thus Says the Lord

Chosen One

This Is What The Lord Says

Cyrus

Jehovah

Messiah

Persia

Isaiah 41:13

For I, Yahweh your God,
hold your right hand
and say to you: Do not fear,
I will help you.

Psalm 73:23

Yet I am always with You;
You hold my right hand.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,
and I will hold You by Your hand.
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people
and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 44:28

who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd,
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”

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Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is over the Chaldeans—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.

Isaiah 41:2

Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.
The Lord hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 41:25

“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
one from the east who invokes My name.
He will march over rulers as if they were mud,
like a potter who treads the clay.

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation from the north will come against her;
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has put it into the mind
of the kings of the Medes
because His plan is aimed at Babylon
to destroy her,
for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
vengeance for His temple.

1 Kings 19:15

Then the Lord said to him, “Go and return by the way you came to the Wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles
and disarms the strong.

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded My chosen ones;
I have also called My warriors,
who exult in My triumph,
to execute My wrath.

Isaiah 45:5

I am Yahweh, and there is no other;
there is no God but Me.
I will strengthen you,
though you do not know Me,

Jeremiah 27:6

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. I have even given him the wild animals to serve him.

Jeremiah 51:20-24

You are My battle club,
My weapons of war.
With you I will smash nations;
with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin.

Ezekiel 30:21-24

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged—no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword.

Daniel 5:6

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

Daniel 5:28-30

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 7:5

“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’

Daniel 8:3

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are opened,
and the palace erodes away.