Isaiah 45
SIBIsaiah 45:1-3
I the Lord will assist Cyrus, and enable him to overthrow far greater armies than his own. I will dispirit and weaken his opposers; procure him entrance into Babylon and other fortified cities; remove all obstructions out of his way; and give him the wealth of the Lydians, Chaldeans, &c.—5, 6. I will make him strong and active, and will fit and dispose him for these great undertakings
Isaiah 45:7
Comfort and calamity, prosperity and adversity, are all formed, in all their circumstances, by my power and wisdom
Isaiah 45:8
I will bestow such plenty of favours upon you, through the righteousness of my Son, and in equity of procedure, as if they rained from heaven, or burst forth in floods, or grew in crops out of the earth
Isaiah 45:9-11
Instead of presumptuously quarrelling with my procedure, humbly ask of me whatever information or blessings you or my church need, and you shall have your requests granted.—13. I have qualified Cyrus to manifest my righteousness, truth, and goodness, in the punishment of the Chaldeans, and the gratuitous deliverance of the Jews
Isaiah 45:14
Part of the wealth of the Egyptians, Ethiopians, Arabians, &c. shall be bestowed upon the temple at Jerusalem; and multitudes of them shall humbly join themselves to the gospel church
Isaiah 45:19
Not in the manner of the heathen oracles or idols, but in the most public and plain manner, and for your real advantage, I have promised what is true, and commanded what is just and good
Isaiah 45:20-25
Ye who have escaped in the devastation of countries, inflicted to punish their abominable idolatries, and who can produce nothing to support the cause of your idols, know that I, the alone God and Saviour, have foretold these things. Renounce all your idols; believe in and acknowledge me as your only, almighty, and effectual, Saviour: thus shall ye be infallibly delivered from sin, and all the miseries which it entails, and advanced to everlasting happiness. I have sworn, and will most faithfully perform my promise, to manifest myself the true God, and make multitudes of all nations submit to my government and worship: and they shall, each one for himself, heartily receive, and solemnly acknowledge, that all their righteousness, for justification, was performed by me, and all their strength, for the performance of duties, is conveyed from me. Even to me shall all my chosen ones come; and all my implacable enemies shall be overwhelmed with misery and ignominy. In a state of union to my person, and through my righteousness, shall all the peculiar people of God have their sins pardoned, and their persons accepted; and in me shall they rejoice and boast