Isaiah 48:14

All ye, assemble yourselves. — The challenge is addressed as before (Isaiah 43:9) to the worshippers of idols.

The Lord hath loved him. — Better, He whom the Lord loveth will do his pleasure. The context leaves it uncertain whether the “pleasure” and the “arm” are those of Cyrus or Jehovah. The latter seems to give a preferable meaning. There is, perhaps, an allusive reference to the idea implied in the name of the great king of Israel (David, “beloved,” or “darling”). Cyrus was to be even as a second David, beloved of the Lord.