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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

CROOKED PLACES MADE STRAIGHTIsaiah 45:2. I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight.Man must go; the only question is—How? He may go, either with God, or without Him; God does not force Himself upon us. Whether we go with God, or without Him, we shall find crooked places. But having taken God as our leader, we have come to know what is the meaning of having these crooked places made straight for us. Straightness may be in apparent crookedness; amid all the curvature and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

Isaiah 45:2 I. Man must go. Each man is accomplishing a journey, going through a process. The only question is How? Man may go, either with God or without Him. Whether we go with God or without Him, we shall find crooked places; we had better clearly understand this, lest any one should turn round after he has walked the first mile of Christian life, and say he expected there would have been no such places in all the course. Life is crooked; we ourselves are crooked; there is nothing in all... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 45:1

anointed The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10 This, with the designation "My shepherd" Isaiah 44:28 also a Messianic title, marks Cyrus as that startling exception, a Gentile type of Christ. The points are: (1) both are irresistible conquerors of Israel's enemies. Isaiah 45:1; Revelation 19:19-21 (2) both are restorers of the holy city Isaiah 44:28; Zechariah 14:1-11 (3) through... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:1-25

Chapter 45Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings ( Isaiah 45:1 ),You remember I told you he prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar's knees will be smited together. "His loins were loose," the Bible says, "his knees smote one against another" ( Daniel 5:6 ). And God here predicted, "I'm going to loose the loins of the kings." It happened to be Belshazzar.to open before him the two-leaved gates; and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 45:1-25

Isaiah 45:1 . Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden; a figure of Christ, the anointed of the Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God would loose the loins of kings by taking away their strength. In addition to what is said of the fall of Babylon, chap. 13, 14. and 21., and to what occurs in Jeremiah 51:0., we are here called to contemplate the character and conduct of Cyrus, a choice instrument which God drew from the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:1-6

Isaiah 45:1-6Thus saith the Lord to His anointedCyrusThe name of Cyrus is written Kuras in Babylonian cuneiform, Kurush in Old Persian.Ctesias stated on the authority of Parysatis, the wife of the Persian king Ochus, that her younger son was named Cyrus from the sun, as the Persians called the sun Kupos (Epit. Phot. 80; Plut. Artax. 1). In Zend, however, the sun is hware, which could not take the form Kupos in Old Persian, though in modern Persian it is khur, khir, and kher. The classical... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:2-3

Isaiah 45:2-3I will go before theeGod going beforeMan must go.Each man is accomplishing a journey, going through a process. The only question is, How? Man may go, either with God or without Him. Whether we go with God or without Him, we shall find crooked places. I. We should regard the text as A WARNING. There are crooked places. II. The text is also A PROMISE. “I will go before thee.” God does not say where He will straighten our path; He does not say how; the great thing for us to believe is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:3

Isaiah 45:3And I will give thee the treasures of darknessSpiritual mineralogyThere is a whole library of sacred philosophy in the words of the Psalmist on the relation subsisting between God and His creatures.“That Thou givest them, they gather. Thou openest Thine hand, they are filled with good.” Perhaps one is hardly ever reminded more strongly of this fellowship of Providence and industry than when passing through a district seamed and bored and blackened by the mining operations in search... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:1

Isa 45:1 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; Ver. 1. To his anointed, ] i.e., To his appointed and enabled one, to subdue many nations. Xenophon, in his first book De Cyropaed., gives us a list of them. Cyrus subdued, saith he, the Syrians, Assyrians, Arabians, Cappadocians, Phrygians, the Lydians, Carians,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

Isa 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: Ver. 2. And make the crooked places even. ] Or, The hilly places level. I will break in pieces the gates of brass. ] This God would do, that his temple might be built; compare Isa 44:28 but in the New Testament, Christ throweth the gates of hell off their hinges, like another Samson, that he may build his Church. Mat 16:18 And it is this ... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 45:1

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 45:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:1-6

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:2-3

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 45:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:2

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