1 The deliverance of the people by Cyrus 9 God is just in all his works 20 The calling of the Gentiles.
1.Thus saith the Lord unto aCyrus his bannointed, whose right hand I have holden cto subdue nations before him: therefore will I weaken the loins of Kings and open the doors before him, and the gates shal not be shut.
2.I will go before thee and make the dcroked streight: I will break the brasen doors, and burst the yron barres.
3.And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and the things hid in secret places, that thou maist eknow that I am the Lord which call thee by thy name, even the God of Israél.
4.For Jaakób my servant’s fsake, and Israél mine elect, I will even call thee by thy name and name thee, though thou hast not knowen me.
5.I am the Lord and there is none other: there is no God besides me I ggirded thee though thou hast not knowen me,
6.That they maie know from the rising of the sun and from the West, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none other,
7.I form the hlight and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
8.Ye heavens, send the dew from above, and let the clouds drop down irighteousness: let the earth open, and let salvation and justice grow forth: let it bring them forth together: I the Lord have kcreated him.
9.lWo be unto him that striveth with his maker, the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth: shal the clay say to him that facioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, mit hath none hands?
10.Wo unto him that saith to his father, What hast thou begotten? or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?
11.Thus saith the Lord, the holy one of Israél, and his maker, Ask me nof things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the works of mine hands: command you me.
12.I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, whose hands have spread out the heavens, I have even commanded all their oarmie.
13.I have raised phim up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not qfor price nor reward, saith the Lord of hostes.
14.Thus saith the Lord, The labour rof Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature shal come unto thee, and they shalbe sthine: they shal follow thee, and shal go in chains: they shall fall down before thee, and make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, and there is none other God besides.
15.Verily thou, ô God, thidest thy self, ô God, the Saviour of Israél.
16.All that shalbe ashamed and also confounded: they shal go to confusion together that are the makers of images.
17.But Israél shalbe saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation · ye shal not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18.For thus saith the Lord (that created heaven, God him self, that formed the earth, and made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vain: he formed it to be uinhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.
19.I have not spoken in secret, neither xin a place of darkness in the earth: I said not in vain unto the seed of Jaakób, Seek you me: I the Lord do speak righteousness, and declare righteous things.
20.Assemble your selves, and come: draw near together, yye abject of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge, that set up the wood of their idol, and pray unto a god, that can not save them.
21.Tel ye and bring them, and let them take counsel together, who hath declared this from the beginning? or hath told it of olde? Have not I the Lord? and there is none other God beside me, a just God, and a Saviour: there is none beside me.
22.Look unto me, and ye shal be saved: all zthe ends of the earth shal be saved: for I am God, and there is none other.
23.I have sworn by my self: the word is gone out of my mouth in arighteousness, and shal not return, That every bknee shal bow unto me, and every tongue shall swear by me.
24.Surely che shal say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength: he shal come unto him, and all that dprovoke him, shal be ashamed.
25.The whole seed of Israél shalbe justified, & glory in the Lord.
Not the Cyrus did know God to worship him aright, but he had a certain particular knowledge, as profane men may have, of his power, and so was compelled to deliver God’s people.
He comforts the Jews as if he would say, though when you look to the heavens and earth for succour, you see nothing now but signs of God’s wrath, yet I will cause them to bring forth most certain tokens of your deliverance, and of the performance of my promise, which is meant by righteousness.
Hereby he bridles their impatience, which in adversity and trouble murmur against God and will not tarry his pleasure willing that man should match with his like and not contend against God.
Instead of murmuring, humble yourselves and ask what you will for the consolation of my children, and you shall be sure of it, as you are of these things which are at your commandment. Some read it with an interrogation, and make it the application of the similitude.
Hereby he exhorts the Jews to patience, though their deliverance be deferred for a time, showing that they should not repent their long patience, but the wicked and idolaters shall be destroyed.
The knowledge of God and the true worshipping shall be through all the world, Rom. 14.11, Phil. 2.10 whereby he signifies that we must not only serve God in heart, but declare the same also by outward profession.