Isa 44:28-45:1, Jer 25:9, Eze 28:12-15, Rom 13:1 | 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.’”

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.

Ezekiel 28:12-15

12 ^j“Son of man, ^kraise a lamentation over ^lthe king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

“You were the signet of perfection, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
ⁿfull of wisdom and ^operfect in beauty.
13 You were in ^pEden, the garden of God;
^qevery precious stone was your covering,
^rsardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} ^temerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
^vOn the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed ^wguardian cherub.
I placed you; ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain} you were on ^ythe holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
^zfrom the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.

Romans 13:1

Submission to the Authorities

1 Let every person ^aabe subject to the governing authorities. For ^abthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.