Jeremiah 25:9

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9 behold, I will ^asend and take all the families of the north,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^bMy servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will ¹devote them to destruction and ^cmake them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting waste place.

Ezekiel 28:12-15

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12 “Son of man, ^atake up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“You ¹had the seal of perfection,

Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

You were in ^aEden, the garden of God;

^bEvery precious stone was your covering:

The ^cruby, the topaz, and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;

The ¹lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your ²^dsettings and ³sockets,

Was in you.

On the day that you were created

They were prepared.

You were the ^aanointed cherub who ¹covers,

And I placed you there.

You were on the holy ^bmountain of God;

You walked in the midst of the ^cstones of fire.

You were ^ablameless in your ways

From the day you were created

Until ^bunrighteousness was found in you.

Isaiah 44:28

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It is I who says of ^aCyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!

And all My good pleasure he will complete.’

And saying of Jerusalem, ‘^bShe will be built,’

And of the temple, ‘¹Your foundation will be laid.’”

Isaiah 45:1

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Cyrus, Yahweh’s Anointed

Thus says Yahweh to ^aCyrus His anointed,

Whom I have taken hold of by his right ^bhand,

To ^csubdue nations before him

And ¹to ^dloose the loins of kings,

To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Romans 13:1

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Be Subject to Government

Every ¹^aperson is to be in ^bsubjection to the governing authorities. For ^cthere is no authority except ²from God, and those which exist have been appointed by God.