...pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be 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 him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall...

...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...

...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...before thee, and make the crooked places straight For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I am the Lord,...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...Cyrus Jor his church's sake. 5 He c/iallengeth obedience. 20 He convinceth the idols of vanity. 'PHUS 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...

...the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. xijv. l. Thus. sajth the Lord to his anointqd, to Cyrus whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him. Ch. xliv. 28. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 2. Ezra i. 1 to f . Jer. xxi. 4- Thus sai'.h the Lord, I will turn back...

...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...