Ezra 1:1 Cross References

Ezra 1:1

1: In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the LORD fulfilled Jeremiah's prophecy by stirring the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation into writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:

2 Chronicles 36:22

  1. In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the LORD fulfilled Jeremiah's prophecy by stirring the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation into writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:
  2. "This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem in the land of Judah. All of you who are the LORD's people may return to Israel for this task. May the LORD your God be with you!"

Jeremiah 29:10

  1. "The truth is that you will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

Psalms 106:46

  1. He even caused their captors to treat them with kindness.

Proverbs 21:1

  1. The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD; he turns it wherever he pleases.

Jeremiah 25:12

  1. "Then, after the seventy years of captivity are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his people for their sins, says the LORD. I will make the country of the Babylonians an everlasting wasteland.
  2. I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book--all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations.
  3. Many nations and great kings will enslave the Babylonians, just as they enslaved my people. I will punish them in proportion to the suffering they cause my people."

Ezra 6:22

  1. They ate the Passover meal and celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. There was great joy throughout the land because the LORD had changed the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he helped them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 7:27

  1. Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem!

Jeremiah 33:7

  1. I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel and rebuild their cities.
  2. I will cleanse away their sins against me, and I will forgive all their sins of rebellion.
  3. Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see the good I do for my people and will tremble with awe!
  4. "This is what the LORD says: You say, `This land has been ravaged, and the people and animals have all disappeared.' Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah's other towns, there will be heard once more
  5. the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD. They will sing, `Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good. His faithful love endures forever!' For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the LORD.

Ezra 5:13

  1. However, King Cyrus of Babylon, during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt.
  2. King Cyrus returned the gold and silver utensils that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These items were taken from that temple and delivered into the safekeeping of a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.
  3. The king instructed him to return the utensils to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there as it had been before.

Daniel 2:1

  1. One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that disturbed him so much that he couldn't sleep.

Matthew 3:1

  1. In those days John the Baptist began preaching in the Judean wilderness. His message was,
  2. "Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. "
  3. Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!'"

John 1:23

  1. John replied in the words of Isaiah: "I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare a straight pathway for the Lord's coming!'"
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