Isaiah 45
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Introduction
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.
Verse 1
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
to his
13:3; 44:28; 1 Kings 19:15; Jeremiah 27:6
whose
41:13; 42:6; Psalms 73:23
holden
or, strengthened.
Ezekiel 30:21-24
to subdue
41:2,25; Ezra 1:1; Jeremiah 50:3,35; 51:11,20-24; Daniel 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.
Nahum 2:6
Verse 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
13:4-17
make
40:4; 42:16; Acts 1:15; Luke 3:5
break
Psalms 107:16
Verse 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
Jeremiah 27:5-7; 50:37; 51:53; Ezekiel 29:19,20
that thou
41:23; Ezra 1:2
which call
43:1; 48:15; 49:1; Exodus 33:12,17
Verse 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
41:8,9; 43:3,4,14; 44:1; Exodus 19:5,6; Jeremiah 50:17-20; Matthew 24:22; Mark 13:20; Romans 9:6; 11:7
I have even
1; 44:28
though
Acts 17:23; Galatians 4:8,9; Ephesians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:5
Verse 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
14-18,21,22; 44:8; 46:9; Deuteronomy 4:35,39; 32:39; 1 Kings 8:60; Joel 2:27; John 1:1; Hebrews 1:8,9
I girded thee
22:21; Ezra 1:2; Job 12:18,21; Psalms 18:32,39
Verse 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.
37:20; 1 Samuel 17:46,47; Psalms 46:10; 83:18; 102:15,16; Ezekiel 38:23; 39:21; Malachi 1:11
Verse 7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
form
Genesis 1:3-5,17,18; Psalms 8:3; 104:20-23; Jeremiah 31:35; 2 Corinthians 4:6; James 1:17
create darkness
Exodus 10:21-23; 14:20; Jeremiah 13:16; Ezekiel 32:8; Joel 2:2; Amos 4:13; Nahum 1:8; Jude 1:6,13
I make Peace
10:5,6; Job 2:10; 34:29; Psalms 29:11; 75:7; Ecclesiastes 7:13,14; Jeremiah 18:7-10; Jeremiah 51:20; Ezekiel 14:15-21; Amos 3:6; 5:6; Acts 4:28
Verse 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
32:15; 44:3; Psalms 72:3,6; 85:9-12; Ezekiel 34:26; Hosea 10:12; 14:5-8; Joel 2:28,29; 3:18; Acts 2:33; Titus 3:3-6
let the earth
4:2; 11:1; 53:2; 61:3,11; 1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I the Lord
65:17,18; 66:22; Jeremiah 31:22; Ephesians 2:10; 4:24
Verse 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
64:8; Exodus 9:16,17; Job 15:24-26; 40:8,9; Psalms 2:2-9; Proverbs 21:30; Jeremiah 50:24; 1 Corinthians 10:22
Shall the clay
10:15; 29:16; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 9:20,21
Verse 10
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Deuteronomy 27:16; Malachi 1:6; Hebrews 12:9