I Have Called You By Your Name

"Thus says YAHWEH to HIS anointed, to Cyrus:

I have taken you by the right hand

to subdue nations before you

and strip kings of their armor,

to open the gateways before you

so that they will be closed no more.

I will go before you to level the slopes,

I will break the gates of brass

and destroy the iron bars;

I will give you treasures hidden in darkness

and riches stored in secret places,

so that you may know that I AM YAHWEH,

the GOD of Israel who calls you by your name.

For the sake of Jacob MY servant,

of Israel MY chosen one,

I have called you by your name

and given you your mission

although you do not know ME.

I AM YAHWEH, and there is no other;

there is no GOD besides ME.

I armed you when you did not know ME,

so that, from the rising

to the setting of the sun,

all may know

that there is no one besides ME;

I AM YAHWEH, and there is no other."

- Isaiah 45:1-6

Cyrus, The Conqueror

(A new message of the LORD to Cyrus, the conqueror, similar to the one in 41:25.

There is here something unique in the Scriptures: this pagan king is called the anointed one of YAHWEH, like the sons of David, and including CHRIST the "Anointed of GOD."  Incredible thing for the Jews who were accustomed to thinking of YAHWEH as only their GOD!  History tells us that Cyrus was a "father" to his people, and the Scriptures will remember that his first deed, after the capture of Babylon, was to restore freedom to all those living there is exile [see Ezra 1:1].

Here, however, the prophet gives praise only to GOD who infallibly orients our history and will never let HIS promises fail.)

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