Isaiah 44:28
Yahweh is the one who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish; he will decree about Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let its foundations be laid.'”
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27who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your currents.' 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be carried out, Yahweh motivated the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing. He said,
Ezra 1:3Whoever is from his people (may his God be with him) may go up to Jerusalem and build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
Psalms 78:71He took him from following the ewes with their young, and he brought him 1 to be shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his heritage. 1
Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; 1 and I will turn the rivers into islands and will dry up the marshes. 1
Isaiah 45:3and I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden away, 1 that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, I, the God of Israel. 1
Isaiah 46:11I call a bird of prey from the east, the man of my choice from a distant land; 1 yes, I have spoken; I will also accomplish it; I have purposed, I will also do it. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:22-28
Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed… Read the whole commentary →