خداوند در کتاب مقدس بارها کوروش را برگزیده خود اعلام می کند

I will raise [Cyrus] up in righteousness [willing in every way that which is right and proper], and I will direct all his ways; he will build My city, and he will let My captives go, not for hire or for a bribe, says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 45:13