Jews Can Return from Exile to Build Temple Scripture: Ezra 1(NIV) 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a...
Daniel Survives the Lion's Den Scripture: Daniel 6(NIV) 1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so...
The Handwriting on the Wall Scripture: Daniel 5(NIV) 1 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver...
The Crazy Dream Scripture: Daniel 4(NIV) 1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! 2 It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that...
The Fiery Furnace Scripture: Daniel 3(NIV) 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects...
Daniel and Others Enter the King's Service Scripture: Daniel 1(NIV) 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of...
The River from the Temple Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12(NIV) 1 The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was...
The Glory of God Returns to the Temple Scripture: Ezekiel 43:1-12(NIV) 1 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the...
The Valley of Dry Bones Scripture: Ezekiel 37(NIV) 1 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw...
Shepherds Who Care Only for Themselves Scripture: Ezekiel 34(NIV) 1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to...