Isa 44:28, Jer 24:1, 25:9, 43:10, 51:20-23, Eze 29:18-20 | ESV | STEP | who says of Cyrus , He is my shepherd , and he shall fulfill all my purpose ; saying of Jerusalem , She shall be built , and of the temple , Your foundation shall be laid .

Isaiah 44:28

28 who says of ^aCyrus, ‘He is ^bmy shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
^cand of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

Jeremiah 24:1

The Good Figs and the Bad Figs

1 ^dAfter Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem ^eJeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with ^fthe officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: behold, ^gtwo baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:9

9 ^hbehold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ⁱmy servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, ^jand make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 43:10

10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^kmy servant, ^land I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I ^mbreak nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces ⁿthe old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces ^othe young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces ^pgovernors and commanders.

Ezekiel 29:18-20

18 ^q“Son of man, ^rNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^sBehold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; ^tand he shall carry off its wealth ^{▼▼Or multitude} ^vand despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 ^wI have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.