...ing to Jerusalem, Thou sliali be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundation sliali be laid. CHAP. XLV. e HLU1 1 have hulden, to subdue nations before him; and 1 will loose the loins of kings, to open before hii...

...subdue nations before him ; I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates. He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : even saying unto Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." Whatever difficulty...

...is very clear, and no less remarkable. That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform ail my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt...thy foundation shall be laid. Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus his anointed, to Cyrus whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will...

...thy name: " I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. Thou " art my shepherd, and shalt perform all my pleasure; even " saying to Jerusalem,...and to the Temple, " Thy foundation shall be laid. I am the Lord, and there is " none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though " thou hast...

...saith of Cyrus, he is my " shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure ; even, saying to Je" rusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy foundation " shall be laid." There is a passage in the psalms, which deserves to be mentioned under this head: "God," says the psalmist,...

...Cyrus by name, two hundred years before he was born, is very clear, end no less remarkable"i' " That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shall be built, and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid. Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus his anointed,...

...cities of Judah, Ye shall be built• f That he would appoint Cyrus as his shepherd, to perform all his pleasure, " even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be...and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."! The prophecies of Jeremiah, written at a later period• are much more explicit : in them we find declarations...

...false gods, be said to be the Lord's shepherd and do his will? The next words will show; it was by "saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid." By the unseen hand of the true God, he was raised to power that he might be the instrument; or at least...

...cannot well refuse to date the seventy weeks from the reign of Cyrus ; for it is Jehovah himself, who saith of Cyrus, " He is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure : even saying unto Jerusalem, ' thou shalt be built ; ' and to the Temple, ' thy foundations shall be laid.' " The...

...to be spoken of as a type of Christ. God calls him " his shepherd, to perform his pleasure, to say to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid," (Isai. iliv. 28.) God calls him his Messiah; (chap. xlv. 1.) Thiti saith the Lordto his anointed in...