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Isaiah 45:13

Isaiah 45:13 up H5782 (H8689) righteousness H6664 direct H3474 (H8762) ways H1870 build H1129 (H8799) city H5892 exiles H1546 free H7971 (H8762) price H4242 reward H7810 Says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635

raised him - Isaiah 45:1-6, Isaiah 41:2, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 46:11, Isaiah 48:14-15

in righteousness - Isaiah 42:6; Psalms 65:5

direct - 3's H30048 or, make straight, Isaiah 45:1-2

he shall build - Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 52:5; 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1:3-11

let go - Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 52:2-3; Romans 3:24-26; 1 Peter 1:18-19

price - Isaiah 13:17

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See also Isaiah 45:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 45:13. _I HAVE RAISED HIM UP_] This evidently refers to Cyrus, and to what he did for the Jews; and informs us by _whom_ he was excited to do it....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE RAISED HIM UP - That is. Cyrus (see the notes at Isaiah 41:2). IN RIGHTEOUSNESS - In Isaiah 41:2, he is called ‘the righteous man.’ He had raised him up to accomplish his own righteous plans. I...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 45 The Word of Jehovah to Cyrus, to Israel and to the Ends of the Earth 1. _Thus saith Jehovah to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)_ 2. _Thus saith Jehovah: Israel shall be saved (Isaiah 45:14)_ 3. Thus sa...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH JUSTIFIES HIS CHOICE OF CYRUS. Whoever questions the wisdom of Yahweh's working through Cyrus, He likens to clay that would instruct the potter. Would ye, He asks, question Me as to the things...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RAISED HIM UP: i.e. raised Cyrus up. HE SHALL BUILD MY CITY. Nehemiah rebuilt only the walls. See Nehemiah 7:4. The city was not rebuilt until after the return under Zerubbabel, and the emancipation...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD— _Thus,_ &c.—_They ask me of things to come: Would ye then give me commands concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands?_ As much as to say, "You, hypocrites, inquire i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. OBEDIENCE TEXT: Isaiah 45:9-13 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy wo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. I HAVE RAISED HIM...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:13 reward, (f-35) Or 'gift,' 'bribe.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HIM] i.e. Cyrus. Will Israel venture to dictate to Jehovah what He shall ordain for His people?...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MEANING OF THE CONQUESTS OF CYRUS 1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes. Let not Israel Criticise the manner of its deliverance. 14-17. Great honour awaits Israel...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God has the right to use anyone to carry out his purposes. THE *LORD ALONE IS GOD V14 This is what the *Lord says to the people from Israel: ‘The wealth of Egypt and Cush will be yours. The tall me...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 45 THE *LORD APPOINTS CYRUS v1 The *Lord has chosen Cyrus as his champio...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE RAISED HIM UP IN RIGHTEOUSNESS... — This was the answer to the murmurers. It would be seen by the results, the city rebuilt, the exiles restored to their home, that the conquests of Cyrus had b...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָנֹכִי֙ הַעִירֹתִ֣הֽוּ בְ צֶ֔דֶק וְ כָל ־דְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JEHOVAH'S CHOSEN INSTRUMENT Isaiah 45:1-13 Cyrus is one of the noblest figures in ancient history. His character became a model for the Greek youth in strength, simplicity, humanity, purity, and self...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his strength in carrying out the divine purpose. These all emph...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I have raised (p) him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for (q) price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. (p) That is,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Justice. Cyrus shall punish the Chaldeans and restore the Jews. (Calmet) --- The prophet returns to him after having mentioned a greater Saviour, ver. 8. (Houbigant)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Was there ever a more blessed and gracious proclamation made by God the Father, concerning the person, work, and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, than what is contained in these words? To read this ver...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._I have raised him up. _He now continues the subject on which he had entered in the beginning of the chapter; for, having undertaken to soothe their affliction, which was exceedingly sharp and seve...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45. Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb, encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring up as...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I HAVE RAISED HIM UP IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Though this may be said with some respect to Cyrus, yet chiefly to Christ, of whom Cyrus was a type; him the Lord appointed and determined to be the Saviour...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 13. _I have rai...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thus saith the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker_ Israel's Maker. A preface this which always ushers in some gracious promise: see Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:14; and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    REBUKING THE REPROBATE PEOPLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have raised him, Cyrus, up in righteousness, in accordance with His covenant with Israel, AND I WILL DIRECT ALL HIS WAYS, removing all obstructions which might hinder him; HE SHALL BUILD MY CITY, Je...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DIRECT: Or, make straight...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-19 Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the return...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I HAVE RAISED HIM; Cyrus, who; was named before, ISAIAH 45:1. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; not in a way of absolute sovereignty, as I might have done, but most justly, to punish the wicked Babylonians, to plead...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH COUNTERS ANY POSSIBLE OPPOSITION THAT WHAT HE HAS SUGGESTED IS UNACCEPTABLE AND DECLARES YAHWEH'S SOVEREIGN POWER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL (ISAIAH 45:9). Having earlier in Chapter s 7, 9, 11 refe...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God raised him up. Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations befor...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer of whom the hymn writer sings, «Thus saith God of his Anoin...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 45:1. 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;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Promises to Cyrus for Israel's sake. Proof of God's eternal power and sovereignty. Encouragement to believing Jews. Doom of idol worshippers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: Bes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 45:1. _Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden;_ a figure of Christ, the anointed of the Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I am the Lord, and there is none else_ THE BENEFICENT SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD The key-thought to all the intricacies of the whole of this passage is that God is the absolute Author of all that exists an...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE PEOPLE OF A PRAYER-HEARING GOD Isaiah 45:11. _Thus saith the Lord, &c._ A wonderful promise wonderfully fulfilled. The facts and principles involved in it are of perpetual value. I. God has a peo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 45:1 GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS. This direct address of God to a heathen king is without a parallel in Scripture. Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Abimelech, were warned t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings (Isaiah 45:1), You remember I told you he prophesied that...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Him — Cyrus. In righteousness — Most justly, to punish the wicked Babylonians, to plead the cause of the oppressed ones, to manifest my righteousness, and truth, and goodness....

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