Isa 45:1-2 | TNotes | STEP | 45:1 anointed one: This designation, commonly reserved for David or the Messiah, is here applied to Cyrus. Cyrus was anointed in the sense that he was selected to fulfill a special mission. This title was never used of any other foreign ruler (cp. 1 Sam 10:1 ; Rom 13:1 ). • whose right hand he will empower: The Lord would give Cyrus victory over Babylon (see Isa 43:14 ).

b1 Sam 10:1►

cRom 13:1►

dIsa 43:14►

‏ Isaiah 45:1-2

45:1 ^a anointed one: This designation, commonly reserved for David or the Messiah, is here applied to Cyrus. Cyrus was anointed in the sense that he was selected to fulfill a special mission. This title was never used of any other foreign ruler (cp. 1 Sam 10:1 ^b; Rom 13:1 ^c).

• whose right hand he will empower: The Lord would give Cyrus victory over Babylon (see Isa 43:14 ^d).