The marvellous career of Cyrus is vividly described in highly poetical language. That the reference is to Cyrus (who is first named in ch. Isaiah 44:28) is unquestionable; although the Jewish exegetes (with the exception of Aben Ezra), and even Calvin, follow the Targ. in applying the verses to Abraham, and his victory over the four kings (Genesis 14).
Verse Isaiah 41:2. _THE RIGHTEOUS_ MAN] The _Chaldee_ and _Vulgate_ seem to have read צדיק _tsaddik_. But Jerome, though his translation has _justum_, appears to have read צדק _tsedek_; for in his co...
WHO RAISED UP - This word (העיר _hē‛yr_) is usually applied to the act of arousing one from sleep Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5;...
CHAPTER 41 Jehovah's Challenge 1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2. _Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3. Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
THE CONQUERING CAREER OF CYRUS CLAIMED BY YAHWEH AS EVIDENCE OF HIS POWER. Isaiah 41:5 is probably an insertion made to connect Isaiah 41:4 with Isaiah 41:6 f. after...
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST: i.e. Abraham. Compare Cyrus raised up from the north, Isaiah 41:25. KINGS: i.e. those mentioned in Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:8;...
WHO RAISED UP THE RIGHTEOUS MAN, &C.— _Who hath raised up the righteous man from the east; hath called him to attend his steps? Hath subdued nations at his presence; and given him dominion over kings?...
2. CONQUEST, CHAPTER 41 a. GENTILES SILENCED TEXT: Isaiah 41:1-7 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come...
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 b...
WHO RAISED UP, etc.] RV 'Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot,' i.E. to accompany Him. The one thus raised up is Cyrus: cp. Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:11. He...
CYRUS GOD'S AGENT 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
The crisis is about a foreign army commander who is winning battle after battle. The officer’s name does not appear until the last verse of chapter 44. His army is overcoming every country in the area...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 41 KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
WHO RAISED UP... — More accurately, _Who hath raised up from the East the man whom Righteousness calls_ (or, _whom He calls in righteousness_)_ to tread in His steps._ (Comp. Isaiah 45:2.) The man so...
מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִ מִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
CHAPTER X CYRUS Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 48:14 CYRUS, the Persian, is the only man outside the covenant and
THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true G...
Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
Who raised up the (c) 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 stubb...
_Just one. Septuagint, "justice." Christ, (Eusebius; St. Jerome) Abraham, (Chaldean; Grotius) or Cyrus, whose conquests were effects of God's providence, ver. 10., and chap. xlv. --- Kings. Cyrus libe...
In these verses, Jehovah challengeth the inquiry into is sovereignty and power, that the eternity of his nature, and the graciousness of purposes in redemption, may be fully proved. And in the instanc...
2._Who shall raise up righteousness from the east? _This shews plainly what is the design of the Prophet; for he intends to assure the Jews that they will be in no danger of going astray, if they choo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
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 agree;...
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 t...
_Who raised up_ Into being and power? Was it not my work alone? _The righteous man_ Many expositors understand this of Abraham, who was a person eminently righteous, and was called from the other side...
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? literally, "Who stirs, raises up from the East him (whom) justice call...
THE GLORY OF THE LORD AND THE VANITY OF THE HEATHEN...
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN: _ Heb._ righteousness...
1-9 Can any heathen god raise up one in righteousness, make what use of him he pleases, and make him victorious over the nations? The Lord did so with Abraham, or rather, he would do so with Cyrus. S...
WHO? what man or god? Was it not my alone work? The idols were so far from assisting me, that they did their utmost to oppose me in it. RAISED UP into being and power, stirring up his spirit, and stre...
Isaiah 41:2 up H5782 (H8689) east H4217 righteousness H6664 called H7121 (H8799) feet H7272 gave H5414 ...
GOD'S APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD (ISAIAH 41:1). Isaiah 41:1 “Keep silence before me, O coastlands, And let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let us...
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST The reference here seems to be to Cyrus, whose victories and rapid growth in power are here ascribed to the providence of God. (Isaiah 41:5) describe the effect upon t...
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment._ God invites people to argue...
God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun idols and encouragement to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
_The righteous man from the East_ THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST The question, whose appearance is predicted, has been always a subject of dispute. Eusebius, Theodoret, and Procopius understand it...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory and for the benefit of his people. ⇐ ⇔
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:2 ONE FROM THE EAST. Cyrus the Great, leader of the rising Persian Empire, soon to conquer Babylon (see Isaiah 44:24). The Lord...
THE CALL OF CYRUS A FRUIT OF THE CAPTIVITY Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before Me, &c._ Behold how of old the Lord called the people and the distant nations into judgment, and condescended to plead and...
SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.). EXPOSITION...
In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter, God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
2 Kings 13:7; 2 Samuel 22:43; Ezra 1:2; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1;...
Who — Was it not my work alone? Raised — Into being and power, stirring up his spirit, and strengthening him to the work. The man — Cyrus. The east — Persia was directly eastward, both from Judea and...