Isaiah 45:1

Cyrus, God's Instrument

¹ Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
² I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

His Right Hand

Open Door

Right Hand

Says the Lord

Thus Says the Lord

Chosen One

This Is What The Lord Says

Cyrus

Jehovah

Messiah

Persia

Isaiah 41:13

For I am the LORD thy God that holds thy right hand saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Psalm 73:23

Nevertheless I was continually with thee; thou hast apprehended me by my right hand.

Isaiah 42:6

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness and will hold thee by thine hand; I will keep thee and place thee as my covenant unto the people as light unto the Gentiles

Isaiah 44:28

that calls Cyrus, my shepherd, and all that I desire, he shall fulfil, by saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Jeremiah 50:35

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

Isaiah 41:2

Who raised up righteousness from the east, called him that he might follow him, gave the Gentiles before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.

Isaiah 41:25

I have raised up one from the north, and he came from the rising of the sun; he called in my name and came unto princes as upon clay and as the potter treads clay.

Jeremiah 50:3

For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they shall leave, they shall depart, both man and beast.

Jeremiah 51:11

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has awakened the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his thought is against Babylon to destroy her; for it is vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

1 Kings 19:15

And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way by the wilderness of Damascus; and thou shalt arrive there and anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing, saying,

Job 12:21

He pours contempt upon princes and weakens the strength of the mighty.

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my sanctified ones; I have also called my mighty ones for my anger that they might rejoice with my glory.

Isaiah 45:5

I am the LORD, and there is no one else; there is no God beside me; I shall gird thee, though thou hast not known me

Jeremiah 27:6

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my slave; and even the beasts of the field I have given him that they might serve him.

Jeremiah 51:20-24

Thou art my hammer, O weapons of war: for with thee I will break in pieces the Gentiles, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms;

Ezekiel 30:21-24

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up with medicine, to bind it that it might be made whole, to make it strong to hold the sword.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king became pale, and his thoughts troubled him, and the girdings of his loins were unloosed, and his knees smote one against another.

Daniel 5:28-30

PERES; Thy kingdom has been broken and is given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 7:5

And behold the second beast, like unto a bear, which went off to one side, and it had three ribs between its teeth; and thus was said unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

Daniel 8:3

and I lifted up my eyes and saw, and, behold, a ram was standing before the river, which had two horns; and even though they were high, the one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be destroyed.