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Isaiah 45:13

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

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ASV

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiIH595 →
הַעִירֹתִ֣הֽוּha.'i.ro.Ti.huI have stirred up himH5782 →
בְצֶ֔דֶקve.Tze.dekin righteousnessH6664 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
דְּרָכָ֖יוde.ra.Khavways hisH1870 →
אֲיַשֵּׁ֑ר'a.ya.SherI will make smoothH3474 →
הֽוּא־hu'-heH1931 →
יִבְנֶ֤הyiv.Nehhe will buildH1129 →
עִירִי֙'i.Ricity myH5892 →
וְגָלוּתִ֣יve.ga.lu.Tiand exile[s] myH1546 →
יְשַׁלֵּ֔חַye.sha.Le.achhe will let goH7971 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
בִמְחִיר֙vim.Chirfor hireH4242 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
בְשֹׁ֔חַדve.Sho.chadfor a bribeH7810 →
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,Isaiah 52:3For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”Micah 4:10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!Isaiah 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.Isaiah 49:25Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.2 Chronicles 36:22–23In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Isaiah 46:11I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,Isaiah 52:2–3Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.Isaiah 44:28who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”1 Peter 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Isaiah 48:14–15Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.Ezra 1:3Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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