Isa 45:1 | Scofield | STEP | anointed The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah ; ; This, with the designation "My shepherd" 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. ; (2) both are restorers of the holy city ; (3) through both is the name of the one true God glorified ; .

Isaiah 45:1

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The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah Jeremiah 25:9; 27:6; 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 both is the name of the one true God glorified Isaiah 45:6; 1 Corinthians 15:28.