 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 twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...  Life and times of Charlemagne - Page 1031799 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1611 - 360 pages
...pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 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... | |
 | James Ussher - Bible - 1654 - 640 pages
...the commonwealth of Israel alone, but to Cyrus an heathen emperor, of whom it is written : " Thus1 saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him :" who™, although at first he did not know his founder, yet at last by public proclamation he made... | |
 | Ramsay (Chevalier, Andrew Michael) - Mythology - 1802 - 482 pages
...Cyrus by name an hundred and fifty years before h'is birth , and the prince read there these words : « Thus saith » the Lord to his anointed , to Cyrus whose » right hand I have holden-to subdue nations » before him , and put kings to flight ; and I » will open before him the... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...Babylon ; addressed to him by name, two hundred years before he was born. See ver. 1, of this chapter : " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose...hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him." And from ver. 4th to the text. " For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...Babylon ; addressed to him by name, two hundred years before he was born. See ver. 1, of this chapter : " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have hoiden, to subdue nations before him." And from ver. 4th to the text. " For Jacob mv servant's sake,... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1805 - 396 pages
...the children of Israel from their captivity in Babylon, God thus addresses him by the prophet Isaiah; ''for Jacob my servant's sake and Israel mine elect I have even called thee by thy name." As the children of Israel had been invited by several express messages from God to accept of the honours... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...fieo/ile^ that thou mayest know that I the LORD, 4 which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel. f For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name Cyrus : I have surnamed thee, my 5 she/therdand andnted, though thou hast not known me. I [am] the... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1805 - 388 pages
...completed their ministry. We may apply to Alexander the words which God spake to Cyrus in kaiah,* •' Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations " before him ; and I will cause the loins of kings to openbe" fore him the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...Cyrus Jor his church's sake. 5 He c/iallengeth obedience. 20 He convinceth the idols of vanity. 'PHUS 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... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...called God's chosen or elect people. Thus the prophet Tsaiah, when speaking of Cyrus, xlv. 4, says, "for Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name;" and the meaning of this verse is, that so fast were the Jews destroyed, that if their calamities had... | |
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