E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 45:2
straight = level. break in pieces = shiver. gates of brass. Herodotus (i. 180) tells us that the gates leading to the river were of brass. cut in sunder =. smash. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 45:3
call thee by thy name. Only four named by Divine prophecy before birth: Isaac (Genesis 17:19 ); Solomon (1 Chronicles 22:9 ); Josiah (1 Kings 13:2 ); and Cyrus, 137 years before his birth. See App-50 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 45:1
This chapter is a continuation of the revelation in the previous chapter. This is a prophecy concerning Cyrus of the Medo-Persian Empire, and how God delivered into his hands many nations, the wealth he procured, and how all his enemies were subdued (Isaiah 45:1-3); to whom Cyrus was indebted for all those wonderful victories (Isaiah 45:4-6); God reveals himself as the one true and only Deity who made light and darkness, refuting the absurd theory of the Persians that there were two gods, one... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 45:1-3
Isaiah 45:1-3. Thus saith the Lord— See ch. Isaiah 41:2-3. Cyrus is called the Lord's anointed; that is to say, appointed by the divine counsel to perform God's good pleasure, and furnished for that purpose by the divine providence with the necessary endowments. Whose right hand I have holden, should rather be rendered, Whose right hand I have taken hold of. See ch. Isaiah 41:6. To loose the loins of kings, signifies, to render them weak and infirm, unprepared and unable to oppose Cyrus. Comp.... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 45:1
1. his anointed—Cyrus is so called as being set apart as king, by God's providence, to fulfil His special purpose. Though kings were not anointed in Persia, the expression is applied to him in reference to the Jewish custom of setting apart kings to the regal office by anointing. right hand . . . holden—image from sustaining a feeble person by holding his right hand ( :-). subdue nations—namely, the Cilicians, Syrians, Babylonians, Lydians, Bactrians, c. his empire extended from Egypt and the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 45:2
2. crooked . . . straight— (Isaiah 40:4), rather, "maketh mountains plain" [LOWTH], that is, clear out of thy way all opposing persons and things. The Keri reads as in Isaiah 45:13, "make straight" (Margin). gates of brass— (Isaiah 45:13- :). HERODOTUS (1.179) says, Babylon had a hundred massive gates, twenty-five on each of the four sides of the city, all, as well as their posts, of brass. bars of iron—with which the gates were fastened. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 45:3
3. treasures of darkness—that is, hidden in subterranean places; a common Oriental practice. Sorcerers pretended to be able to show where such treasures were to be found; in opposition to their pretensions, God says, He will really give hidden treasures to Cyrus (Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:13). PLINY (Natural History,, 33:3) says that Cyrus obtained from the conquest of Asia thirty-four thousand pounds weight of gold, besides golden vases, and five hundred thousand talents of silver, and the... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 45:1
Yahweh shockingly referred to Cyrus as His "anointed" (Heb. mashiah), a title normally reserved for Israel’s prophets, priests, and kings. One exception is Hazael whom Elijah was to anoint as King of Aram (cf. 1 Kings 19:15-16). Hazael was also the Lord’s anointed. It also refers to the Messiah. The Israelites thought of their anointed leaders as those whom God uniquely raised up to accomplish His purposes. By calling Cyrus His anointed, the Lord was teaching them that He was the Lord of all... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 45:1-8
God’s promise to Cyrus 45:1-8The promise to Cyrus was, of course, for the benefit of the Israelites who wondered how God would restore them to the land as He promised. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 45:1
Cyrus. See App-57 . loose the loins. Idiom for weakening. Compare Job 12:21 . The opposite of "girding" (Isaiah 45:5 ). open before him the two leaved gates: i.e. of Babylon, as described by Herodotus. not be shut. They were found open, and Gobryas and the soldiers of Cyrus entered Babylon without fighting. read more