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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Isaiah 46:11

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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Calling: Isa 13:2-4, Isa 21:7-9, Isa 41:2, Isa 41:25, Isa 45:1-6; Jer 50:29, Jer 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. Eze 39:4 the man: Isa 44:28, Isa 45:13, Isa 48:14, Isa 48:15; Ezr 1:2; Psa 76:10; Act 4:28 that executeth my counsel: Heb. of my counsel, Psa 119:24 \*marg. I have spoken: Isa 14:24-27, Isa 38:15; Num 23:19; Job 23:13; Jer 50:45; Act 5:39; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11 Isaiah 46:12
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