nSee ch. 45:1-3
Ezra 1:2
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.Psalms 76:10
10 Surely bthe wrath of man shall praise you;the remnant ▼
▼Or extremity
of wrath you will put on like a belt.Isaiah 44:28
28who says of dCyrus, ‘He is emy shepherd,and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
fand of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
Isaiah 45:13
13 gI have stirred him up in righteousness,hand I will make all his ways level;
ihe shall build my city
jand set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 48:14-15
14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!kWho among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
lhe shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against mthe Chaldeans.
15 nI, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
Acts 4:28
28 oto do whatever your hand and pyour plan had predestined to take place.
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