calling

Isaiah 13:2-4
Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. . . .

Isaiah 21:7-9
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert." . . .

Isaiah 41:2, 25
Who has aroused the 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 45:1-6
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: . . .

Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:20-29
"You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. . . .

a ravenous bird.

Ezekiel 39:4
On the mountains of Israel you will fall--you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

the man

Isaiah 44:28
who 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.'"

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.

Isaiah 48:14, 15
Come 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 1:2
"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.

Psalm 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

Acts 4:28
They carried out what Your hand and purpose had decided beforehand would happen.

that executeth my counsel.

Psalm 119:24
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

I have spoken

Isaiah 14:24-27
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. . . .

Isaiah 38:15
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore, hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Acts 5:39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God."

Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.