And I will give thee the treasures of darkne — The treasures which kings have ama ed, and which they have laid up in dark and secu…

The treasures of darkness ... —The heaped-up wealth of “gold-abounding” Babylon. The capture of Sardis, with all the riches of Crœsus, mus…

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, …

And I will give you treasures of darkness, and hidden riches
of secret places
What had been laid up in priv…

Cyrus is called God's anointed; he was designed and qualified for his great service by the counsel of God. The gates of Babylon, which led to the r…