 | William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 pages
...anticipated the existence and exploits of this distinguished conqueror. "Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer, that saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall...perform all my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shall be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 pages
...from the Babylonish captivity : " Cyrus is my shepherd, and shall" or will " perform all my pleasure, saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid, &c. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name, though... | |
 | Author of The infant Christian's first catechism - 1833 - 238 pages
...been mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, even by name, in these remarkable words, "Thus saith the Lord of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and" shall perform all my pleasure ; even, say to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid. For Jacob... | |
 | Philip Allwood - 1833 - 84 pages
...the head of the Medo-Persian Empire, that, to use the words of Isaiah, he might " say to Jerusa" lem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy "foundation shall be laid V Now Babylon was taken in the year 538 before the Christian era 2 ; and it was not till about two... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 pages
...Jehovah hath chosen for this great work, He says as of Cyrus of old — and who shall reverse it? — " He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure...and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid." There is something very awful, neice, in the continual intermixture with God's declarations of mercy... | |
 | Christopher Collins - 1996 - 230 pages
...maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall...shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shalt be laid. (Is. 44.24, 28) In a number of other passages, Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, is... | |
 | Bernard Lewis - 1995 - 456 pages
...last chapters of the book of Isaiah, written after the Babylonian captivity, are dramatic: 'He [Cyrus] is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure:...built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid' (Isaiah 44:28). The immediately following chapter goes even further: 'Thus saith the Lord to his anointed,... | |
 | Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - 1998 - 1828 pages
...up the decayed places thereof: 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers : 28 l CHAPTER 45 THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue... | |
 | Hilton Hotema - 1998 - 452 pages
...exiled Jews were filled with joy. They regarded him as a great deliverer, and sang songs in his praise: "He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure;...Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, The foundation shall be laid" (Is. 44:28). In their joy, the Jews forgot not to cast slurs at the great... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1999 - 1154 pages
...omission the famous prophecy of Isaiah. Isaiah 44:28. where we are informed that God said of or to Cyrus. "He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem. You shall be built, and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid." could not as yet be demonstrated... | |
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That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 
