...raise up the decayed places thereof: That saith to the deep, Be dry, And I will dry up thy rivers: That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform...Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him...

...the commonwealth of Israel alone, but to Cyrus an heathen emperor, of whom it is written : " Thus1 saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him :" who™, although at first he did not know his founder,...

...into existence, the monarch, Cyrus, under whose orders this was to be effected. " Thus saith the Lord of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all...and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid," Isa. xliv. 28 ; see also Jer. iii. 2, 7, 8 ; xxiii. 3 ; xxxi. 10 ; xxxii. 36, 37. Another prophetic...

...fulfil his august and gracious purposes toward a world steeped in ignorance, barbarism, and guilt. "Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight...

...primitive institution. The occasion appears to have been this. Cyrus proclaimed liberty to the Jews, saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. To this work the Jews applied themselves with great ardor on their return to Judea ; but it was embarrassed...

...frustrates the tokens of liars," and " confirms the word of His servant," to Whom alone it belonged to say so one of them immediately ran, and took a sponge,...rod of hyssop, gave him drink ; but the rest said, " No one" (says Windischmann) "who bolieves in a living, personal, omniscient God, and in the possibility...

...Cyrus by name an hundred and fifty years before h'is birth , and the prince read there these words : « Thus saith » the Lord to his anointed , to Cyrus whose » right hand I have holden-to subdue nations » before him , and put kings to flight ; and I » will open before him...

...the earth by my -self ; . . That saith to the deep [n], be dry. and*! will dry up thy rivers; That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform...; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid. The kings of Syria and Israel had sworn the destruction of Judah, and the measures they had taken for...

...Babylon ; addressed to him by name, two hundred years before he was born. See ver. 1, of this chapter : " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him." And from ver. 4th to the text. " For Jacob my servant's...

...deep, Be dry, and I will dry up1 thy rivers : 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and sIiaH perform all my pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem,...; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. CHAP. XLV. 1 God calleth Cyrus Jor his church's sake. 5 He c/iallengeth obedience. 20 He convinceth...