Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open [the gates], you rulers.

A voice of many nations on the mountains, [even] like [to that] of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together; the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation,

And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on a donkey, and a rider on a camel.

and behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair; and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground.

Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to His feet, so that it should go? [Who] shall appoint [it] as an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks?

But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun; they shall be called by My name; let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall you be trodden down.

Thus says the Lord God to My anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel.

For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside Me; I strengthened you, and you have not known Me.

Summon many against Babylon, everyone that bends the bow. Camp against her round about; let none of her [people] escape. Render to her according to her works, according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel.

You scatter for Me the weapons of war, and I will scatter nations by you, and will destroy kings by means of you.

And by you I will scatter youth and maid; and by you I will scatter man and woman.

And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell [there] all the evil that they have done to Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation; for you shall be a desolation forever, says the Lord.

Bring up nations against her, [even] the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains.

and you and all that belong to you shall fall, and the nations that are with you shall be given to multitudes of birds, [even] to every fowl, and I have given you to all the wild beasts of the field to be devoured.

Who bids Cyrus, Be wise, and he shall perform all My will; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be built, and I will lay the foundation of My holy house.

I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right; he shall build My city, and shall turn the captivity of My people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, says the Lord of hosts.

And all shall be gathered, and shall hear; who has told them these things? Out of love to you I have fulfilled your desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans.

I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous.

Thus said Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has given me a command to build Him a house in Jerusalem that is in Judea.

For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to You, and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to You.

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.

For Your testimonies are my meditation, and Your statutes are my counselors.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be; and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain;

This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth; and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.

and removed the sorrow of my soul.

God is not as a man that He should waver, nor as a son of man that He should be threatened; shall He say and not perform? Shall He speak and not keep [His word]?

And if He too has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for He has both willed a thing and done it.

Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, which He has taken against Babylon; and His devices, which He has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed. Surely pasture shall be cut off from them.

but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it--lest you even be found to fight against God."

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

according to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,