Ezra 1:2

Tree of Life Version

“Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: Adonai, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build a House for Him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

So will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You! How much less this House that I have built!

2 Chronicles 2:12

So now I am sending Huram-abi—a skilled man endowed with understanding

Ezra 1:5

So the patriarchal leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the kohanim and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred up—arose to go up to build the House of Adonai in Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:7

So they gave money to the stone-masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians to bring cedar trees by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by King Cyrus of Persia.

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the rest of the prominent patriarchs of Israel said to them, “It is not for you and us to build a House for our God—but we alone will build it for Adonai the God of Israel, just as Cyrus—king of Persia—has commanded us.”

Ezra 5:15

‘Then he said to him, “Take these vessels and go and deposit them in the Temple in Jerusalem and let the House of God be built in its place!”

Ezra 6:10

so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Ezra 6:3

“In the first year of Cyrus the king, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the House of God at Jerusalem. “Let the House be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be laid. Its height is to be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits

Ezra 7:12

“Artaxerxes, king of kings, “To Ezra the kohen, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:4

Upon hearing these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days. I prayed and fasted before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1:5

Then I said: “Adonai, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness with those who love Him and keep His mitzvot,

Psalm 136:26

Praise the God of heaven, for His lovingkindness endures forever!

Psalm 85:2

Adonai, will you favor Your land? Will You restore Jacob from captivity?

Proverbs 21:1

A king’s heart is like a stream of water in the hand of Adonai; he directs it wherever He wants.

Isaiah 41:2

Who has stirred up one from the east? He calls justice to His feet. He gives nations over to him and subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, as driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 44:26

while confirming the word of His servant, fulfilling the counsel of His messengers, saying of Jerusalem, “She will be lived in” and of the cities of Judah, “They will be built, and I will raise up their ruins,”

Isaiah 44:28

while saying of Cyrus, “He is My shepherd, and he shall fulfill all My purpose” while saying to Jerusalem, “You will be built” and to the Temple, “Your foundation will be laid.”

Isaiah 45:1

Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may not be shut.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says Adonai: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the House you would build for Me? Where is the place of My rest?

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus you will say to them: “The gods—which did not make the heavens and the earth—will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

Jeremiah 27:5

‘I have made the earth, mankind and beast which are on the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm—and I give it to whom it seems right to Me.

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus says Adonai: “After 70 years for Babylon are complete, I will visit you, and fulfill My good word toward you—to bring you back to this place.

Daniel 1:21

Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons. He removes kings and installs kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Daniel 2:28

But, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar the things that will happen in the latter days. The dream and the visions that went through your head as you lay on your bed are these.

Daniel 4:25

All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 4:32

All the inhabitants of earth are counted as nothing. He does as He wills with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can hold back His hand, or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’

Daniel 5:23

Instead you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of His House brought before you, and you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines have been drinking wine in them. You have praised the gods made of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. Yet you did not honor the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Daniel 6:25

At the king’s command, those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den—they, their children, and their wives. They had not even reached the bottom of the pit before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Jonah 1:9

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew and I fear Adonai God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”