1 God calls Cyrus for his church's sake
5 By his omnipotence he challenges obedience
20 He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power

to his Isa 13:3 44:28 1Ki 19:15 Jer 27:6

whose Isa 41:13 42:6 Ps 73:23

holden. or, strengthened. Eze 30:21-24

to subdue Isa 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

2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

go before Isa 13:4-17

make Isa 40:4 42:16 Ac 1:15 Lu 3:5

break Ps 107:16

3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

I will give Jer 27:5-7 50:37 51:53 Eze 29:19,20

that thou Isa 42:13 Ezr 1:2

which call Isa 43:1 48:15 19:1 Ex 33:12,17

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Jacob Isa 41:8,9 43:3,4,14 44:1 Ex 19:5,6 Jer 50:17-20 Mt 24:22 Mt 24:22 Mr 13:20 Ro 9:6 11:7

I Have even Isa 45:1 44:28

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

5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

the Lord Isa 45:14-18,21,22 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 Isa 22:21 Ezr 1:2 Job 12:18,21 Ps 18:32,39

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Isa 37:20 1Sa 17:46,47 Ps 46:10 83:18 102:15,16 Eze 38:23 39:21 Mal 1:11

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

form Ge 1:3-5,17,18 Ps 8:3 104:20-23 Jer 31:35 2Co 4:6 Jas 1:17

create darkness Ex 10:21-23 14:20 Jer 13:16 Eze 32:8 Joe 2:2 Am 4:13 Na 1:8 Jude 1:6,13

I make Peace Isa 10:5,6 Job 2:10 34:29 Ps 29:11 75:7 Ec 7:13,14 Jer 18:7-10 51:20 Eze 14:15-21 Am 3:6 5:6 Ac 4:28

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

drop down Isa 32:15 44:3 Ps 72:3,6 85:9-12 Eze 34:26 Ho 10:12 14:5-8 Joe 2:28,29 3:18 Ac 2:33 Tit 3:3-6

let the earth Isa 4:2 11:1 53:2 61:3,11 1Co 3:6-9

I the Lord Isa 65:17,18 66:22 Jer 31:22 Eph 2:10 4:24

9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

unto him Isa 64:8 Ex 9:16,17 Job 15:24-26 40:8,9 Ps 2:2-9 Pr 21:30 Jer 50:24 1Co 10:22

shall the clay Isa 10:15 29:16 Jer 18:6 Ro 9:20,21

10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

De 27:16 Mal 1:6 Heb 12:9

11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

the Holy One Isa 43:3,7,15,21 48:17

ask Jer 33:3 Eze 36:37 Da 2:18 9:2,3,24-27 Mr 11:24

concerning my sons Jer 3:19 31:1,9 Ho 1:10 Ro 9:4-8 2Co 6:18 Ga 3:26-29

concerning the work Isa 29:23 43:7 60:21 Eph 2:10

command Ge 32:26 Jud 16:23 Jos 10:12 Ho 12:4

12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

made the earth Isa 45:18 40:28 42:5 Ge 1:26,27 Ps 102:25 Heb 11:3

my hands Isa 40:12,22 44:24 Jer 27:5 32:17 Zec 12:1

all their host Ge 2:1 Ne 9:6

13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

raised him Isa 45:1-6 41:2,25 46:11 48:14,15

in righteousness Isa 42:6 Ps 65:5

direct. or, make straight Isa 45:1,2

he shall build Isa 44:28 52:5 2Ch 36:22,23 Ezr 1:3

let go Isa 49:25 52:2,3 Ro 3:24-26 1Pe 1:18,19

price Isa 13:17

14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

the labour Isa 18:7 19:23-25 23:18 49:23 60:5-16 61:5,6 66:19,20 Ps 68:30,31 72:10-15 Zec 8:22,23

the Sabeans. That the Sabeans were of a most majestic appearance is particularly remarked by Agatharchides, an ancient Greek historian quoted by Bochart. Job 1:15 Eze 23:42 Joe 3:8

men of stature Isa 10:33 Nu 13:32 2Sa 21:20 Eze 31:3

in chains Isa 14:2 49:23 Ps 149:6,8

they shall fall Isa 60:14 61:5,9 Ex 11:8 Es 8:17 Ac 10:25,26 Re 3:9

surely Isa 45:24 Jer 16:19 Zec 8:20-23 1Co 8:4-6 14:25 1Th 1:9

and there Isa 45:5,6 44:8

15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

a God Isa 8:17 57:17 Ps 44:24 77:19 Joh 13:7 Ro 11:33,34

O God Isa 45:17 12:2 43:3,11 46:13 60:16 Ps 68:26 Mt 1:22,23 Joh 4:22,42 Ac 5:31 13:23 2Pe 3:18

16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

Isa 45:20 41:19 42:17 44:9,11 Ps 97:7 Jer 2:26,27 10:14,15

17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Israel Isa 45:25 26:4 Ho 1:7 Ro 2:28,29 8:1 11:26 1Co 1:30,31 2Co 5:17-21 Php 3:8,9 1Jo 4:15

an everlasting Isa 51:6,8 54:8 60:19 Ps 103:17 Jer 31:3 Joh 5:24 6:40 10:28 2Th 2:13,14,16 Heb 5:9 1Jo 5:11-13

ye shall not Isa 29:22 49:23 54:4 Ps 25:3 Joe 2:26,27 Zep 3:11 Ro 9:33 10:11 1Pe 2:6

18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

that created Isa 42:5 Jer 10:12 51:15

he created Isa 45:12 Ge 1:28 9:1 Ps 115:16 Eze 36:10-12

I am Isa 45:5,6

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

spoken Isa 43:9,10 48:16 De 29:29 30:11-14 Pr 1:21 8:1-4 Joh 7:26,28 7:37-39 18:20 Ac 2:4-8

seek Isa 1:15 8:19 55:6,7 58:1-3 1Ch 28:8 2Ch 15:2 Ezr 8:22 Ps 24:6 69:13,32 Pr 15:8 Jer 29:13 Am 5:4 Mal 3:13,14 Mt 15:8,9 Jas 4:3

speak righteousness Isa 63:1 Nu 23:19,20 De 32:4 Ps 9:10 12:6 19:7-10 111:7,8 119:137,138 Pr 8:6 30:5

20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

yourself Isa 41:5,6,21 43:9

escaped Isa 4:2 Jer 25:15-29 50:28 51:6-9 Eph 2:12,16 Re 18:3-18

they Isa 42:17,18 44:17-20 46:7 48:7 1Ki 18:26-29 Ps 115:8 Jer 2:27,28 10:8,14 51:17,18 Hab 2:18-20 Ro 1:21-23

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

tell ye Ps 26:7 71:17,18 96:10 Jer 50:2 Joe 3:9-12

and bring Isa 41:1-4

who hath declared Isa 41:22,23 43:9 44:7,8 46:9,10 48:3,14

and there is Isa 45:5,14,18 44:8

a just Isa 45:25 43:3,11 63:1 Jer 23:5,6 Zep 3:5,17 Zec 9:9 Ro 3:25,26 Tit 2:13,14

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

look Nu 21:8,9 2Ch 20:12 Ps 22:17 65:5 Mic 7:7 Zec 12:10 Joh 3:13-16 6:40 Heb 12:2

for Isa 45:12 Joh 10:28-30 Tit 2:13 2Pe 1:1

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

sworn Ge 22:15-18 Jer 22:5 49:13 Am 6:8 Heb 6:13-18

the word Isa 45:19 55:11 Nu 23:19

that unto Ro 11:4 14:10-12 Php 2:10

every tongue Isa 19:18-21 44:3-5 65:16 Ge 31:53 De 6:13 2Ch 15:14,15 Ne 10:29 Ps 63:11 132:2

24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

surely, etc. or Surely he shall say of me, In the Lord is all righteousness and strength.

in the Isa 45:25 54:17 61:10 Jer 23:5,6 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 2Pe 1:1

righteousness. Heb. righteousnesses
strength 2Co 12:9,10 Eph 3:16 Php 4:13 Col 1:11 2Ti 4:17,18 Zec 10:6,12

even Isa 55:5 60:9 Re 22:17

and all Isa 41:11 Ps 2:1-12 21:8,9 72:9 110:2 Lu 13:17 19:27 Re 11:18

25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

the Lord Isa 45:17,24 Ac 13:39 Ro 3:24,25 5:1,18,19 8:1,30,33,34 1Co 6:11 2Co 5:21

the seed Isa 45:19 61:9 64:9 1Ch 16:13 Ps 22:23 Ro 4:16 9:6-8 Ga 3:27-29

glory Isa 41:16 Ps 64:10 Jer 9:23,24 1Co 1:31 2Co 10:17 Ga 6:14 Php 3:3