Isaiah 45

Isaiah 45:1

ANOINTED The only instance where the word is applied to a Gentile. Nebuchadnezzar is called the "servant" of Jehovah (Jeremiah 25:9); (Jeremiah 27:6); (Jeremiah 43:10) This, with the designation "My shepherd" (Isaiah 44:28) also a Messianic title, marks Cyrus as that startling exception, a Gentile... [ Continue Reading ]

Isaiah 45:7

CREATE EVIL Hebrew, "ra" translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin. God created evil only in the sense that He made sorrow, wretchedness, etc, to be the sure fruits of sin.... [ Continue Reading ]