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28 It is I who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!
And all My good pleasure he will complete.’
And saying of Jerusalem, ‘(B)She will be built,’
And of the temple, ‘[a]Your foundation will be laid.’”

Cyrus, Yahweh’s Anointed

45 Thus says Yahweh to (C)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken hold of by his right (D)hand,
To (E)subdue nations before him
And [b]to (F)loose the loins of kings,
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:28 Lit You will be founded
  2. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will open, cf. 45:1b

28 who says of Cyrus,(A) ‘He is my shepherd
    and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,(B) “Let it be rebuilt,”
    and of the temple,(C) “Let its foundations(D) be laid.”’

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(E)
    to Cyrus,(F) whose right hand I take hold(G) of
to subdue nations(H) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:

behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [a]devote them to destruction and (C)make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting waste place.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban

I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

So now, I (A)have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and I have given him even the (C)wild beasts of the field to serve him.

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Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant(A) Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.(C)

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