2 Chronicles 36:23

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• Daniel 5:23
  Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
• Psalm 75:5–7
  Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
• Zechariah 2:6–7
  “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
• Daniel 4:35
  All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• Isaiah 44:26–28
  …who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
• Daniel 2:21
  He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
• Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Daniel 2:37
  You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
• Ezra 7:13
  I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.
• 1 Chronicles 22:16
  …in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
• Daniel 5:18
  As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
• 1 Chronicles 29:5
  …for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who is willing to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”

Parallels

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Ezra 1:1–4· Isaiah 45:1–25

People

Cyrus: Persian Emperor who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple· Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions· Persia: An empire that ruled over the exiled Jews

Glossary

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Book of Jeremiah· Chronicles, Books of First and Second· Cyrus the Great· First Book of Esdras· Jerusalem· Judaism· Zechariah, Book of

Topics

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Babylon: Restoration of the Jews From· Church and State: State Favorable to Religion: Cyrus, in his Proclamation to Restore the Temple at Jerusalem· Cyrus: Issues a Decree for the Emancipation of the Jews and Rebuilding the Temple· Emancipation: Proclamation of by Cyrus· God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The· God: Restoration of the Jews· Heathen: Divine Revelations Given to Cyrus· Israel, Prophecies Concerning: Captivity of Cyrus Directs the Rebuilding of the Temple· Jerusalem: Rebuilding of, Ordered by Proclamation of Cyrus· Medo-Persian Kingdom: The Jews Delivered from Captivity by Means of· Obedience: Cyrus· Obedience: Jotham· Persia: Cyrus· Proclamation: Emancipation· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Cyrus Decrees Their Restoration· Servant: Emancipation of