Calling a ravenous bird from the east - There can be no doubt that Cyrus is intended here (see the notes at Isaiah 41:2,[Reference Isaiah 41…

Calling a ravenous bird. —Cyrus is thus described as Nebuchadnezzar is in Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3. The image deriv…

Calling a bird or a thought from the east. After speaking of God’s foreknowledge and power, the Prophet applies the gene…

Calling a ravenous bird from the east
Or "a flying fowl", or "swift winged bird" ^F21 ; for the word used …

Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the lavishness of idolaters shame the stinginess of many who …

1. Bel is broken. Here the prophet foretells the destruction of the enemies holding the people captive, namely, the Babylonians, co…