Isaiah 45:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord says this to Cyrus, his anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and disarm   kings, to open doors before him, and even city gates will not be shut:

Cross References

Isaiah 44:28

who says to Cyrus,  ‘My shepherd, he will fulfil all my pleasure’ and says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Its foundation will be laid.’

Isaiah 42:6

‘I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose,  , and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 41:13

For I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit 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.

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 wise men.

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me. I will strengthen  you, though you do not know me,

Ezra 1:1

In  the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah,  the Lord roused the spirit  of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:

Nahum 2:6

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

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.”

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms  the strong.

Daniel 5:6

his face turned pale,  and his thoughts so terrified him that he soiled himself  and his knees knocked together.

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.

Isaiah 41:2

Who has stirred up someone from the east? In righteousness he calls him to serve.  ,, 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.

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.

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.

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation from the north will attack her; it will make her land desolate. No one will be living in it – both people and animals will escape.  ,

Isaiah 41:25

‘I have stirred 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.

Ezra 1:2

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Isaiah 13:2

Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 48:15

I #– #I have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

Jeremiah 43:10

and tell them, “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will place his throne on these stones that I have embedded, and he will pitch his pavilion over them.

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, her gate bars are shattered.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished, and her high gates set ablaze. The peoples will have laboured for nothing; the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.

Ezekiel 29:20

I have given him the land of Egypt as the pay he laboured for, since they worked for me.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram charging to the west, the north, and the south.  No animal could stand against him, and there was no rescue from his power. He did whatever he wanted  and became great.

Nahum 3:13

Look, your troops are like women among you; your land’s city gates are wide open to your enemies. Fire will devour the bars of your gates.