Isaiah 45:1
Adonai says to his anointed, to Cyrus [Sun], whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 1
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Psalms 73:23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. 2 You have held my right hand. 1
Isaiah 13:3I have enjoined my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
Isaiah 41:13For I, Adonai your God, will hold your right hand, 2 saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. 2 I will help you.’ 1
Isaiah 42:6+ 42:6 a MP: God leads and guides the Messiah in righteous. (John 5:19-20) “I, Adonai, have called you in righteousness, 2 + 42:6. MP: Messiah is God’s covenant with the people; he was trained and formed by God to accomplish this purpose. (See also Is 49:8b). (Matt 26:27-28; Eph 2:5-6; Heb 12:23-24) and will hold your hand, 2 and will keep you, 2 + 42:6 c MP: Messiah is a light to the Gentiles and the world. (See also context of Is 9:1-2, and Is 9:3, 49:6). (Luke 2:30-32; John 8:12) and make you a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· for the people, 2 as a light for the nations; 2
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:1
Cyrus was nominated, in the foregoing chapter, to be God's shepherd; more is said to him and more of him in this chapter, not only because he was to be instrumental in the release of the Jews out of their captivity, but because he was to be therein a type of the great Redeemer, and that release was to be typical of the great redemption from sin and death; for that was the salvation of which all the prophets witnessed. We have here, I. The great things which God would do for Cyrus, that he might be put into a… Read the whole commentary →