2 Chronicles 36:22-23

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²²In the first year of Cyrus^(A) king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

²³“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed^(B) me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”

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Revelation 12:10-17

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¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven^(A) say:

“Now have come the salvation^(B) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,^(C)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.
¹¹They triumphed over^(D) him
    by the blood of the Lamb^(E)
    and by the word of their testimony;^(F)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.^(G)
¹²Therefore rejoice, you heavens^(H)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe^(I) to the earth and the sea,^(J)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”

¹³When the dragon^(K) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.^(L) ¹⁴The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,^(M) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,^(N) out of the serpent’s reach. ¹⁵Then from his mouth the serpent^(O) spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war^(P) against the rest of her offspring^(Q)—those who keep God’s commands^(R) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.^(S)