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Isaiah 46:11

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Calling: Isaiah 13:2-4, Isaiah 21:7-9, Isaiah 41:2, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 45:1-6; Jeremiah 50:29, Jeremiah 51:20-29

a ravenous bird: Or, "an eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, ΑΕΤΟΣ χρυσους:, the very word ayit: which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters. Ezekiel 39:4

the man: Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:13, Isaiah 48:14-15; Ezra 1:2; Psalms 76:10; Acts 4:28

that executeth my counsel: Heb. of my counsel, Psalms 119:24 *marg.

I have spoken: Isaiah 14:24-27, Isaiah 38:15; Numbers 23:19; Job 23:13; Jeremiah 50:45; Acts 5:39; Ephesians 1:11; Ephesians 3:11

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