Isaiah 45:1 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Thus hath said the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have taken hold of by his right hand, to subdue nations before him, even the loins of kings will I ungird, to open before him city-doors, and gates that they shall not be shut;

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and go, anoint Chazael to be king over Syria;

¹ And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, at the time the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah was accomplished, the Lord awakened the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia; and he caused a proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, and also by means of writing, saying,

²¹ He poureth contempt upon princes, and the belt of the mighty be looseneth.

²³ Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast seized hold of me by my right hand.

³ I have charged my prepared ones, I have also called my heroes for my anger, those that rejoice in my highness.

² Who waked up from the east the man whom righteousness met in his steps? he giveth up nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; that his sword may render them as the dust, as driven stubble, his bow.

¹³ For I the Lord thy God lay hold of thy right hand; I am he who saith unto thee, Fear not, I help thee.

²⁵ I have waked up one from the north, and he cometh; from the rising of the sun one who will call on my name: and he shall over-come princes as mortar, and as the potter treadeth down the clay.

⁶ I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will lay hold on thy hand, and will keep thee, and appoint thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations;

²⁸ That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and all my pleasure shall he perform: even saying of Jerusalem, It shall be built; and the temple’s foundation shall be laid.

⁵ I am the Lord, and there is none else, beside me there is no god; I assisted thee, though thou hast not known me.

⁶ And now it is I who have given all these countries into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and also the beasts of the field have I given him to serve him.

³ For there is come up against her a nation out of the north, which will change her land into a desert, so that there shall not be any one dwelling therein: both man and beast are fled away, they are departed.

³⁵ The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and against her princes, and against her wise men.

¹¹ Make bright the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord hath awakened the spirit of the kings of Media; for against Babylon is his intention, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.

²⁰ Thou art a hammer unto me, weapons of war; and I strike down with thee nations, and I destroy with thee kingdoms; ²¹ And I strike down with thee the horse and his rider; and I strike down with thee the chariot and its rider; ²² And I strike down with thee man and woman; and I strike down with thee the aged and the lad; and I strike down with thee the young man and the virgin: ²³ And I strike down with thee the shepherd and his flock; and I strike down with thee the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and I strike down with thee governors and rulers. ²⁴ But now will I repay unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes, saith the Lord.

²¹ Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh the king of Egypt have I broken; and lo, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put on a bandage to bind it up, to make it strong that it may grasp the sword. ²² Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will be against Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong, and that which was already broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. ²³ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them through the countries. ²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan, with the groanings of a deadly wounded man before him.

⁶ Then was the king’s color changed, and his thoughts troubled him: so that the bands of his loins were loosed, and his knees knocked one against the other.

²⁸ P’ress; Thy kingdom hath been divided, and is given to the Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then gave Belshazzar the order, and they clothed Daniel with purple, with a chain of gold about his neck, and they made a proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as the third in the kingdom. ³⁰ In that very night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

⁵ And behold there was another, a second beast, like a bear, and on one side was it placed, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and thus they said unto it, Arise, eat much flesh.

³ And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there was a ram standing before the river, and he had two horns; and the horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

^{6 (2:7)} The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.