...Augustan age. Of Cyrus, God had said, " 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;" and yet, had Cyrus died before his accession to the throne of Babylon, the prediction would have been...

...following words : " That sa,th of Cyrus, he is my sheph«rd, and shall perform all my pleasure ; even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built; and to the temple, thy foundations shall be laid ; thus taith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand, I have...

...is the voice of God " 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 foundations shall be laid." ' " Prophecies such as these could have proceeded from Him only, with whom...

...before him the two-leaved gates. He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure : even saying unto Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." Whatever difficulty there may be in reconciling the foregoing predictions with the freedom of the human...

...thee, though thou hast not known me. Thou " art my shepherd, and shalt perform all my pleasure; even " saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the Temple, " Thy foundation shall be laid. I am the Lord, and there is " none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though " thou hast...

...no less remarkable. That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform ail my pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built, and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid. Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus his anointed, to Cyrus whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations...

...saith of Cyrus, he is my " shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure ; even, saying to Je" rusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy foundation " shall be laid." There is a passage in the psalms, which deserves to be mentioned under this head: "God," says the psalmist,...

...shall be built• f That he would appoint Cyrus as his shepherd, to perform all his pleasure, " even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."! The prophecies of Jeremiah, written at a later period• are much more explicit : in them we find declarations...

...false gods, be said to be the Lord's shepherd and do his will? The next words will show; it was by "saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the temple, thy foundation shall be laid." By the unseen hand of the true God, he was raised to power that he might be the instrument; or at least...

...to be spoken of as a type of Christ. God calls him " his shepherd, to perform his pleasure, to say to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid," (Isai. iliv. 28.) God calls him his Messiah; (chap. xlv. 1.) Thiti saith the Lordto his anointed in...