Isaiah 45:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

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 42:6

I, the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:

Psalm 73:23

Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.

Isaiah 41:13

For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not. I have helped thee.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.

Jeremiah 50:35

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God besides me. I girded thee: and thou hast not known me:

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.

Job 12:21

He poureth contempt upon princes, and relieveth them that were oppressed.

Jeremiah 27:6

And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, my servant: moreover also the beasts of the field I have given him to serve him.

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.

1 Kings 19:15

And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus. And when thou art come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation is come up against her out of the north, which shall make her land desolate. And there shall be none to dwell therein, from man even to beast: yea, they are removed and gone away.

Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up one from the north: and he shall come from the rising of the sun. He shall call upon my name: and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.

Ezra 1:2

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.

Isaiah 13:2

Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner. Exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.

Isaiah 48:15

I, even I have spoken and called him. I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.

Jeremiah 43:10

And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant and I will set his throne over these stones which I have hid. And he shall set his throne over them.

Jeremiah 51:30

The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed and they are become as women: her dwelling-places are burnt, her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the labours of the people shall come to nothing, and of the nations shall go to the fire and shall perish.

Ezekiel 29:20

And for the service that he hath done me against it: I have given him the land of Egypt, because he hath laboured for me, saith the Lord God.

Nahum 3:13

Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.