Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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Gill's Exposition
Who raised up the righteous man from the east,.... The Targum interprets this of Abraham; and so the Talmud (h); and this way go most Jewish and Christian commentators, and to him the characters…
Barnes' Notes
Who raised up - This word (העיר hē‛yr) is usually applied to the act of arousing one from sleep Son 2:7; Son 3:5; Son 8:4; Zec 4:1; then to awake, arouse, or stir up to any enterprise. Here it means,…
That particular instance of God's care for his people Israel in raising up Cyrus to be their deliverer is here insisted upon as a great proof both of his sovereignty above all idols and of his power…
The marvellous career of Cyrus is vividly described in highly poetical language. That the reference is to Cyrus (who is first named in ch. Isa 44:28) is unquestionable; although the Jewish exegetes…
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