Isaiah 44:28
28who 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.’”
Isaiah 45:1
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
1 Thus says the Lord to dhis anointed, to Cyrus,ewhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and fto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
Jeremiah 25:9
9 gbehold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, hmy servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, iand make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.Jeremiah 27:6
6 jNow I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, kmy servant, land I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.Jeremiah 46:27-28
27 m“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
and none shall make him afraid.
28 nFear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
to which I have driven you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
oI will discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Matthew 22:7
7The king was angry, and he sent his troops and pdestroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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