Isaiah 45:1

Cyrus, God's Instrument

¹ Thus said Jehovah to his Messiah, to Cyrus whom I held by his right hand to bring down nations before him; and I will loosen the loins of kings to open before him the doors; and the gates shall not be shut ² I will go before thee, and I will make straight the circles: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and I will cut down 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 Jehovah thy God holding thy right hand, saying to thee, Thou shalt not fear; I helped thee.

Psalm 73:23

And I always with thee: thou didst hold by my right hand.

Isaiah 42:6

I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations,

Isaiah 44:28

Saying to Cyrus, My shepherd, and he shall complete all my delight: and saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and the temple shall be founded.

Jeremiah 50:35

A sword upon the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and to the inhabitants of Babel and to her chiefs, and to her wise.

Isaiah 41:2

Who raised up justice from the sunrising? he shall call him to his foot; he will give the nations before him; and he will bring down kings: he will give as the dust of his sword, as driven straw, his bow.

Isaiah 41:25

I roused up from the north, and he will come: from the rising of the sun he shall call upon my name: and he shall come upon prefects as clay, and as the potter will tread down the mud.

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation came up from the north against her; it shall set her land for a desolation, and none shall be dwelling in her: from man and even to beast they moved, and they went

Jeremiah 51:11

Polish the arrows; fill the quivers: Jehovah roused up the spirit of the kings of the Males: for his purpose is against Babel, to destroy her; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

1 Kings 19:15

And Jehovah will say to him, Go, turn back to thy way of the desert of Damascus: and come and anoint Hazael for king over Aram:

Ezra 1:1

In one year to Cyrus the king of Persia, to complete the word of Jehovah from the month of Jeremiah, Jehovah roused up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he will cause a voice to pass through in all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

Job 12:21

Proving contempt upon nobles, and he slackened the girdle of the strong.

Isaiah 13:3

I commanded to the consecrated, also I called the strong ones for mine anger, those exulting in my lifting up.

Isaiah 45:5

I am Jehovah, and none yet, no God besides me: I will gird thee and thou knewest me not:

Jeremiah 27:6

And now I gave all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, my servant; and also the beasts of the field gave I to him to serve him.

Jeremiah 51:20-24

Thou a mallet to me, a weapon of war: and I broke the nations in pieces with thee, and I destroyed kingdoms with thee;

Ezekiel 30:21-24

Son of man, I broke the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and behold, it not bound up to give healing, to put in bandages to bind it, to make it strong to hold upon the sword.

Daniel 5:6

The king's brightnesses changing, and his thoughts will terrify him, and the knots of his loins breaking forth, and his knees knocked this upon that

Daniel 5:28-30

Pharsin; Thy kingdom was divided, and it shall be given to the Medes and to Persia.

Daniel 7:5

And lo, another beast, a second being like to a bear; and it rose up to one side, and three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and saying to it thus, Arise, eat much flesh.

Daniel 8:3

And I shall lift up mine eyes, and I shall see, and behold, one ram stood before the stream, and horns to him: and the horns high; and the one high above the second, and the high came up at the last.

Nahum 2:6

The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.