...saying to Jerusalem, thou shall be built; antf to the temple thy foundation, shall be laid : thus qaith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have hotden to subdue nations bejore him, and I wilt loose the loins of kings to open before him the two-leaved...

...completed their ministry. We may apply to Alexander the words which God spake to Cyrus in Isaiah". "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...

...saving to Jerusalem, tliou slmlt be btiilt; and to the temple, the foundation shall be laid. Tims saitli the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whose right hand I have holiten, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the...

...€YRUS,'|IC is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the Temple, thy foundation shall be...right hand I have holden, to subdue Nations before him ; I will break. in pieces the Gates of Brass, and cut in sunder the Bars of Iron. And I will give thee...

...destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. Name of the conqueror predicted 200 years before he was born : — Thus saith the Lord to his anointed ; to Cyrus, whose...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....

...shalt be built, and to the Temple, thy foundation shalt be laid. Thus saith the lord to his anainted, 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.'...

...; and to the temple thy foundations shall be laid : thns saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrns, 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...

...subdued by the force of arms, or which submitted to him, and over which he reigned, besides Babylon. ' Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations.' And without any great exaggeration to increase the pomp of his style, at the head of his decree in...

...?j]j)!j, king. Accordingly we Hnd, in Isaiah (45: 1,) the following expressions in regard to Cyrus, " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand 1 have AoWen," &c. In poetry the king is sometimes denominated the son of God, a phraseology, which...

...purpose, it was necessary for him to govern Cyrus's heart. Accordingly, it is written, "Thus snith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand...holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loote the loins of Kings, to open before him the two leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut;...