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
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