Isa 45:1-6, Jer 27:6-8 | TSK | STEP | God calls Cyrus for his church's sake. By his omnipotency he challenges obedience. He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power. to his. whose. holden. or, strengthened. to subdue. to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

Isaiah 45:1-6

1 God calls Cyrus for his church's sake.

5 By his omnipotency he challenges obedience.

20 He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power.

to his.

13:3; 44:28; 1Ki 19:15; Jer 27:6

whose.

41:13; 42:6; Ps 73:23

holden. or, strengthened.

Eze 30:21-24

to subdue.

41:2,25; Ezr 1:1; Jer 50:3,35; 51:11,20-24; Da 5:6,28-30; 7:5; 8:3

to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

Na 2:6

go before.

13:4-17

make.

40:4; 42:16; Ac 1:15; Lu 3:5

break.

Ps 107:16

I will give.

Jer 27:5-7; 50:37; 51:53; Eze 29:19,20

that thou.

41:23; Ezr 1:2

which call.

43:1; 48:15; 49:1; Ex 33:12,17

Jacob.

41:8,9; 43:3,4,14; 44:1; Ex 19:5,6; Jer 50:17-20; Mt 24:22

Mr 13:20; Ro 9:6; 11:7

I have even.

1; 44:28

though.

Ac 17:23; Ga 4:8,9; Eph 2:12; 1Th 4:5

the Lord.

14-18,21,22; 44:8; 46:9; De 4:35,39; 32:39; 1Ki 8:60; Joe 2:27

Joh 1:1; Heb 1:8,9

I girded thee.

22:21; Ezr 1:2; Job 12:18,21; Ps 18:32,39

37:20; 1Sa 17:46,47; Ps 46:10; 83:18; 102:15,16; Eze 38:23; 39:21

Mal 1:11

Jeremiah 27:6-8

I given all.

28:14; Da 2:37,38; 5:18,19

my.

24:1; 25:9; 43:10; 51:20-23; Isa 44:28; Eze 29:18-20

and.

28:14; Ps 50:10-12; Da 2:38

all.

25:11-14; 50:9,10; 52:31; 2Ch 36:20,21

until.

25:12; 50:27; Ps 37:13; 137:8,9; Isa 13:1,8-22; 14:22,23; 21:9

Isa 47:1-5

Da 5:25-31; Hab 2:7; Zec 2:8,9; Re 13:5-10; 14:8,15-20; 16:19

Re 17:16,17; 18:2-8

many.

25:14; 50:1-51:64; Isa 14:4-6

And it.There is a peculiar grandeur, as well as propriety, in this method of predicting Nebuchadnezzar's rapid successes. The God of Israel, declaring himself to be the Lord of armies, and the Creator and Owner of the whole earth, with all its inhabitants and productions, and claiming full sovereignty over his creatures, avows his determination, for reasons he does not deign to assign, to give all the countries of the world to the king of Babylon, whom he calls his servant, because he would accomplish an important part of his most righteous designs. They, therefore, who would escape the most dreadful judgments, must submit to the God of Israel, by submitting to Nebuchadnezzar; they must hearken to the prophets of Israel, and not to their own diviners; and they must observe, that Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson, would whatever opposition should be made, possess the full dominion of all these countries, till the appointed time was expired; and then, these haughty conquerors would in their turn become the prey of other powerful conquerors; all of which was most exactly fulfilled.

that nation.

25:28,29; 38:17-19; 40:9; 42:10-18; 52:3-6; Eze 17:19-21

with the sword.

24:10; Eze 14:21