 | James Ussher - Bible - 1654 - 640 pages
...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, yet at last by public proclamation he made... | |
 | John Kitto - Jerusalem - 1846 - 202 pages
...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... | |
 | Emperors - 1799 - 200 pages
...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 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...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... | |
 | 1869
...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... | |
 | Ramsay (Chevalier, Andrew Michael) - Mythology - 1802 - 482 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Rollin - Education - 1803 - 472 pages
...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... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...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 hoiden, to subdue nations before him." And from ver. 4th to the text. " For Jacob mv servant's sake,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...the solemn prophetic de^Slgnation of the great Cyrus, as preordained to be God's anointed. * For " thus saith the " Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whose " right hand I haveholden to subdue nations before prophetic writings, and in connection with that dispensation •which... | |
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That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 
