Isaiah 45:1
Thus, saith Yahweh, to his Anointed, to Cyrus—Whose right hand I have firmly grasped To subdue before him, nations, And the loins of kings, will I ungird,—To open, before him, the two-leaved doors, And, the gates, shall not be shut:
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1 Kings 19:15And Yahweh said unto him, Go, return to thy way, towards the wilderness of Damascus,—and, when thou enterest, then shalt thou anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
Ezra 1:2Thus, saith Cyrus, king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth, hath Yahweh God of the heavens, given to me,—and, he himself, hath laid charge upon me, to build for him a house, in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Psalms 73:23Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
Isaiah 13:3I myself, have given charge to my hallowed ones,—Yea I have called My heroes in showing mine anger, My proudly exulting ones.
Isaiah 41:13For I, Yahweh thy God am firmly grasping thy right-hand,—Who am saying unto thee Do not fear! I, have become thy helper!
Isaiah 42:6I—Yahweh, have called thee in righteousness, And will firmly grasp thy hand,—And will keep thee And give thee—As the covenant of a people, As the light of nations:
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 →