| John Hoyland - Bible - 1816 - 432 pages
...endowments. It was promised that he should subdue nations before him, Isaiah xlv. 1 : " And I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut." And he subdued several kings, and extended his conquests over all Asia, from the river Indus to (.lie... | |
| Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...DISCOURSE XXI. * ON THE RISE AND CHARACTER OF CONQUERORS. * ISAIAH, xlv. 1, 4, 5. " Thus saith the Lord to Cyrus, whose " right hand I have holden, to subdue " nations before him, and I will loose " the loins of kings, — for Jacob, my ser" vanfs sake, and Israel mine elect, I " have even... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 pages
...RELATING TO THE DOTCNrALL Of BABYLON. From Isaiah, Chap. xlv> THUS saith the LORD to his andinted, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him,', and I will loose the loins of kings; to open before him the two leaved gates, and' the gates shall' not be shut;... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1818 - 376 pages
...Moses to humble the pride, and crush the power of Egypt ? or with Cyrus, " to subdue nations, to loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates, to make the crooked places straight, to break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars... | |
| Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. CHAP. XLV. THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to idst of thee. 26 There shall nothing cast theiryoung, nor be barren, in thy lan loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut... | |
| Free thought - 1819 - 654 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1820 - 420 pages
...completed their ministry. We may apply to Alexander the words which God spake to Cyrus in Isaiah". "Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to " subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of " kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates ; and the " gates shall not be... | |
| Mary Anne Carlile - Freedom of the press - 1821 - 58 pages
...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 nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut.'... | |
| Elizabeth Lachlan - Domestic education - 1821 - 448 pages
...the conqueror predicted 200 years before he was born : — Thus saith the Lord to his anointed ; to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall not be shut.... | |
| Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...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... | |
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