Ezr 1:2, 8:22, Isa 43:10, 12, Dan 2:28, 47, 3:16-28, 4:25, 5:23-30, 6:22 | ESV | STEP | Thus says Cyrus king of Persia : The Lord , the God of heaven , has given me all the kingdoms of the earth , and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem , which is in Judah .

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^ahe has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 8:22

22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, ^b“The hand of our God is for good on ^call who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.”

Isaiah 43:10

10 ^d“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and ^emy servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
^fBefore me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.

Isaiah 43:12

12 I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and ^gyou are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and I am God.

Daniel 2:28

28 but ^hthere is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar ⁱwhat will be in the latter days. Your dream and ^jthe visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Daniel 2:47

47 The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your ^kGod is God of gods and ^lLord of kings, and ^ma revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

Daniel 3:16-28

16 ⁿShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, ^oour God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ^{▼▼Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king.} 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^qfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ^rwas changed against ^sShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^tto bind ^uShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^vbound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^xurgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^yShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^zbound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was ^aaastonished and rose up ^abin haste. He declared to his ^accounselors, “Did we not cast three men ^adbound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, ^aewalking in the midst of the fire, and they ^afare not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like ^aga son of the gods.”

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, ^ah“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the ^aiMost High God, come out, and come here!” Then ^ajShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 27 And the ^aksatraps, the prefects, the governors, and ^althe king’s counselors gathered together and saw that ^amthe fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their ^ancloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of ^aoShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who ^aphas sent his angel and ^aqdelivered his servants, who ^artrusted in him, and set aside ^{▼▼Aramaic and changed} the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than ^atserve and worship any god except their own God.

Daniel 4:25

25 ^authat you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made ^avto eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and ^awseven periods of time shall pass over you, till ^axyou know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.

Daniel 5:23-30

23 but you have lifted up yourself against ^aythe Lord of heaven. And ^azthe vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^baAnd you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^bbbut the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^bcwhose are all your ways, ^bdyou have not honored.

24 “Then from his presence ^bethe hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered ^{▼▼ Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered} the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, ^bgyou have been weighed ^{▼▼ Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed} in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ^bithe Medes and ^bjPersians.” ^{▼▼ Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia}

29 Then ^blBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^bmwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 ^bnThat very night ^boBelshazzar the ^bpChaldean king was killed.

Daniel 6:22

22 My God ^bqsent his angel ^brand shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless ^bsbefore him; ^btand also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”