I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD
who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of th
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a
I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, h
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege,
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms
For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man