Isa 13:2, 17-18, 45:1-3, Jer 51:11, 27-28 | ESV | STEP | On a bare hill raise a signal ; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles .

ac[See ver. 27 above]

ad[See ver. 27 above]

aeSee ver. 11

af ver. 23, 57

ag ver. 23, 57

ah[ch. 34:1]

Isaiah 13:2

2 On a bare hill ^araise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^bthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.

Isaiah 13:17-18

17 Behold, ^cI am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 ^dTheir bows will slaughter ^{▼▼Hebrew dash in pieces} the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.

Isaiah 45:1-3

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ^fhis anointed, to Cyrus,
^gwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^hto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ⁱlevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
^kI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 ^lI 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, ^mwho call you by your name.

Jeremiah 51:11

11 ⁿ“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
^oThe Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of ^pthe Medes, because ^qhis purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, ^rfor that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for ^shis temple.

Jeremiah 51:27-28

27 ^t“Set up a standard on the earth;
^ublow the trumpet among the nations;
^vprepare ^wthe nations for war against her;
summon against her ^xthe kingdoms,
^yArarat, Minni, and ^zAshkenaz;
appoint a ^aamarshal against her;
^abbring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 ^acPrepare ^adthe nations for war against her,
the kings of ^aethe Medes, ^afwith their governors ^agand deputies,
and every ^ahland under their dominion.