2 Samuel 16:11

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¹¹David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son,^(A) my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.^(B)

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2 Kings 18:25

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²⁵Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord?^(A) The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

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2 Chronicles 36:23

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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^(A) 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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Isaiah 10:6

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⁶I send him against a godless^(A) nation,
I dispatch^(B) him against a people who anger me,^(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,^(D)
and to trample^(E) them down like mud in the streets.

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Isaiah 44:28

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²⁸who 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.”’

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Isaiah 48:14

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¹⁴“Come together,^(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold^(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally^(C)
    will carry out his purpose^(D) against Babylon;^(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.^[a]