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Isaiah 46
Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts,
and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the
weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but
themselves are gone into captivity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel,
which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I
have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be
like?
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a
goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and
he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him,
yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye
transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am
God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that
are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from
a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have
purposed it, I will also do it.
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The man that executeth My counsel = the man of
My counsel: Cyrus, a type of Messiah, set apart
by God for this special service.
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Ravenous bird = Or, "an
eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly
because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle,
aetos chrusous,
the very word ayit,
which the prophet uses here, expressed as near
as may be in Greek letters.
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I will also bring it to
pass = Numbers 23:19
God is not a man,
that he should lie; neither the son of man, that
he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good?
12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation
shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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