Ezra 1:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “Thus said Koresh sovereign of Persia, ‘יהוה  Elohim of the heavens has given me all the reigns of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim which is in Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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 in Judah.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Common English Bible

² Persia’s King Cyrus says: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me, and he himself has instructed me that I should build a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

Ezra 1:2 Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“For is it true: Elohim dwells on the earth? See, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens are unable to contain You, how much less this House which I have built!

2 Chronicles 2:12

And Ḥ

Ezra 1:5

And the heads of the fathers’ houses of Yehuḏ

Ezra 3:7

And they gave silver to the stonemasons and the carpenters, and food, and drink, and oil to the people of Tsiḏ

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbaḇ

Ezra 5:15

and said to him, ‘Take these utensils, go, deposit them in the Hĕ

Ezra 6:10

so that they bring pleasing offerings to the Elah of heaven, and pray for the life of the sovereign and his sons.

Ezra 6:3

In the first year of Sovereign Koresh, Sovereign Koresh made a decree concerning the House of Elah at Yerushalayim, “Let the house be built in the place where they brought offerings, and its foundations strongly laid, its height sixty cubits, its width sixty cubits,

Ezra 7:12

Artaḥ

Nehemiah 1:4

And it came to be, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days. And I was fasting and praying before the Elohim of the heavens,

Nehemiah 1:5

and I said, “I pray, יהוה  Elohim of the heavens, O great and awesome Ě

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the Ě

Psalm 85:2

You shall take away the crookedness of Your people; You shall cover all their sin. Selah.

Proverbs 21:1

The sovereign’s heart is as channels of water In the hand of יהוה ; He turns it wherever He wishes.

Isaiah 41:2

“Who raised up the righteous one from the east, called him to His foot, gave the nations before him, and made sovereigns submit to him? He gave them as the dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.

Isaiah 44:26

confirming the word of His servant, and completing the counsel of His messengers, who says of Yerushalayim, ‘Be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Yehuḏ

Isaiah 44:28

who is saying of Koresh, ‘He is My shepherd, and he completes all My pleasure, even saying to Yerushalayim, “Let her be built,” and to the Hĕ

Isaiah 45:1

“Thus said יהוה  to His anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of sovereigns, to open before him the double doors, so that gates are not shut:

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said יהוה, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is this house that you build for Me? And where is this place of My rest?

Jeremiah 10:11

Say to them this, “The elah that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Jeremiah 27:5

‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm. And I shall give it to whom it seemed right in My eyes.

Jeremiah 29:10

“For thus said יהוה, ‘When seventy years are completed, at Baḇ

Daniel 1:21

And Dani’ĕ

Daniel 2:21

“And He changes the times and the seasons. He removes sovereigns and raises up sovereigns. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who possess understanding.

Daniel 2:28

“But there is an Elah in the heavens who reveals secrets, and He has made known to Sovereign Neḇ

Daniel 4:25

“That you are going to be driven away from men, and your dwelling be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like oxen, and you be wetted with the dew of the heavens, and seven times pass over you, till you know that the Most High is ruler in the reign of men, and that He gives it to whomever He wishes.

Daniel 4:32

and you are driven away from men, and your dwelling is to be with the beasts of the field. You are given grass to eat like oxen, and seven seasons shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is ruler in the reign of men, and He gives it to whomever He wishes.”

Daniel 5:23

“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.

Daniel 6:25

Then Sovereign Dareyawesh wrote to all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be increased to you.

Jonah 1:9

And he said to them, “I am a Heḇ