Ezra 1:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:26

That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth and from among those places that are under heaven.

Isaiah 66:1

THUS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What is this house that you will build to me? And what is this place of my rest?

2 Chronicles 2:12

And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.

1 Kings 8:27

Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

Ezra 1:5

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the temple of the Lord which was in Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:7

And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them.

Ezra 4:3

But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus king of the Persians hath commanded us.

Isaiah 41:2

Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? He shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.

Isaiah 44:28

Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built. And to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid.

Isaiah 45:1

THUS saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him: and the gates shall not be shut.

Jonah 1:9

And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord the God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land.

Ezra 5:15

And said to him: Take these vessels, and go, and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

Ezra 6:3

In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices; and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits,

Ezra 6:10

And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.

Ezra 7:12

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting:

Nehemiah 1:4

And when I had heard these words I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:5

And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee and keep thy commandments:

Psalm 85:2

Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

Proverbs 21:1

As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

Jeremiah 27:5

I made the earth and the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power, and by my stretched-out arm: and I have given it to whom it seemed good in my eyes.

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place.