 | 1611 - 360 pages
...places thereof: That saith to the deep, Be dry, And I will dry up thy rivers: That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure:...right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall... | |
 | James Ussher - 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 - 1846 - 202 pages
...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 my pleasure:...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... | |
 | 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...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 mine... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ramsay (Chevalier, Andrew Michael) - 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 - 1803 - 472 pages
...-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 all my pleasure,...; 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 - 1803 - 448 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...hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him." And from ver. 4th to the text. " For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called... | |
 | John Smalley - 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,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1805 - 388 pages
...completed their ministry. We may apply to Alexander the words which God spake to Cyrus in kaiah,* •' Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations " before him ; and I will cause the loins of kings to openbe" fore him the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall... | |
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Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut... 
