...weeks already past, made the 70 years of Jeremiah. Cyrus is by Isaiah called the Lord's anointed : " Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose...right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him for Jacob my servant's sake." Cyrus gave, at that time, liberty to the Jews, as the reader may see...

...compiled the reveries of Isaiah, makes him employ a vile flattery, very worthy of a Jewish slave : " Thus saith the Lord to his Anointed, to Cyrus, whose...right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him,"1 &c. The 1st book of Kings* calls the wicked Jehu, Anointed. A prophet announces to Hazael, king...

...even saying to Jerusalem, thou " shalt be built; and to the temple, thy " foundation shall be laid. Thus saith the " Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose " right hand I have holden, to subdue na" tions before him ; and I will loose the loins " of kings, to open before him the t\vo" leaved gates;...

...saying to Jerusalem, thou shall be built; antf to the temple thy foundation, shall be laid : thus qaith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have hotden to subdue nations bejore him, and I wilt loose the loins of kings to open before him the two-leaved...

...saving to Jerusalem, tliou slmlt be btiilt; and to the temple, the foundation shall be laid. Tims saitli the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whose right hand I have holiten, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the...

...xlv. 13, 4. s Cliap. xlv. 4, 5. * Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyras, whose right hand 1 have holden, to subdue nations before him : and I...before thee, and make the crooked places straight; will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. Men seldom form to themselves...

...shalt be built, and to the Temple, thy foundation shalt be laid. Thus saith the lord to his anainted, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue...two-leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut.' This complimentary address is in the present tense, which shews that the tilings of which it speaks...

...pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be built ; and to the Temple, thy foundation shall be laid. Thus . saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose...right hand I have holden, to subdue Nations before him ; I will break. in pieces the Gates of Brass, and cut in sunder the Bars of Iron. And I will give thee...

...the Temple thy foimdalion shalt be la^d. Thns saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrns, whose Bright hand I have holden to subdue nations before him; and...will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates and the gates shall not be shut." This complimentary address is in the present tense,...

...subdued by the force of arms, or which submitted to him, and over which he reigned, besides Babylon. ' Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations.' And without any great exaggeration to increase the pomp of his style, at the head of his decree in...