1Sa 2:7-8, Est 4:14, Isa 10:5-6, 45:1-3, Jer 27:6-7, Dan 4:22 | ESV | STEP | The Lord makes poor and makes rich ; he brings low and he exalts .

1 Samuel 2:7-8

7 ^aThe Lord makes poor and makes rich;
^bhe brings low and he exalts.
8 ^cHe raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^dto make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
^eFor the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

Esther 4:14

14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Isaiah 10:5-6

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^fthe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a ^ggodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^hspoil and seize plunder,
and to ⁱtread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 45:1-3

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ^jhis anointed, to Cyrus,
^kwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^lto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ^mlevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
^oI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 ^pI will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, ^qwho call you by your name.

Jeremiah 27:6-7

6 ^rNow I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^smy servant, ^tand I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 7 ^uAll the nations shall serve him and ^vhis son and ^whis grandson, ^xuntil the time of his own land comes. ^yThen many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

Daniel 4:22

22 ^zit is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. ^aaYour greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, ^aband your dominion to the ends of the earth.