Babylon Will Fall to the Medes

17 Behold, I am going to (A)stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or (B)take pleasure in gold.

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17 See, I will stir up(A) against them the Medes,(B)
    who do not care for silver
    and have no delight in gold.(C)

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A (A)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (B)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (C)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [a]the groaning she has caused.

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  1. Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning

A dire(A) vision has been shown to me:
    The traitor betrays,(B) the looter takes loot.
Elam,(C) attack! Media,(D) lay siege!
    I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

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God Uses Cyrus

45 This is what the Lord says to (A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right (B)hand,
To (C)subdue nations before him
And [a]to (D)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
“I will go before you and (E)make the [b]rough places smooth;
I will (F)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron (G)bars.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
  2. Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(A)
    to Cyrus,(B) whose right hand I take hold(C) of
to subdue nations(D) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:
I will go before you(E)
    and will level(F) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(G) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.(H)

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  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

31 [a]So (A)Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

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  1. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram

31 and Darius(A) the Mede(B) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

Now, O king, (A)establish the injunction and sign the document so that it will not be changed, according to the (B)law of the Medes and Persians, which [a]may not be revoked.”

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  1. Daniel 6:8 Lit does not pass away

Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(A)

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28 So this (A)Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of (B)Cyrus the Persian.

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28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[a](A) the Persian.(B)

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  1. Daniel 6:28 Or Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus

Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and (A)Cappadocia, (B)Pontus and [a](C)Asia,

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  1. Acts 2:9 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor

Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,(A) Pontus(B) and Asia,[a](C)

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  1. Acts 2:9 That is, the Roman province by that name