...shall be built, And I will 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...built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...heavens alone, that spreadeth " abroad the earth by myself....that saith to the deep, Be dry, and " I will dry up thy rivers ; that saith of Cyrus, He is my shep" herd, and shall perform all my pleasure ; even, saying to " Jerusalem, Thou shall be built ;...

...infatuated him,-so as he hath not the grace to bethink himself of hisfond and wicked courses. XLIV. 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall...perform all my pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shall be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. That saith of Cyrus, that Persian...

...infatuated him, so as he hath not the grace to bethink himself of hisfond and wicked courses. XLIV. 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall...perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shall be tuilt; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. That saith of Cyrus, that Persian...

...speaketh: (Isaiah xliv. 28.) "H« saith to Cyrus, Thou art my shepherd, and he shall perform all my desire, saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be surely laid." This Cyrus being already king of the Medes and Persians, resolving to unite the Babylonian...

...to be spoken of as. atyp« of Christ ; God calls him his shepherd, to perform his pleas? ure, to say to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built, and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid, Isa. xliv. 28, God calls him his Messiah ; chap. xlv. 1. " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed (in...