For thy servants take pleasure in her stones — Those who profe to be your servants; your friends. This was the evidence to the mi…

The prospect (Isaiah 40:1–5) that the restoration of Jerusalem will take place simultaneously with the coming of Jehovah in glory, is h…

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stone…

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones. To restrict this interpretation only to Cyrus and Darius is altogether unsuitable. It is not…

For your servants take pleasure in her stones
Meaning not Cyrus and Darius, who gave leave and orders for the rebuild…

We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected.