 | William Carr Thurman - 1867 - 364 pages
...laid." (Isa. xliv. 28.) " When Cyrus read this, having an earnest desire to fulfill what was so written, he called for the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city Jerusalem." (Jose. Ant.... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1871 - 902 pages
...and great nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple." This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Crrui read this, and admired the divine • Thli CynM Is called God's Shepherd by Xenophon, M well... | |
 | Franz Delitzsch - 1873 - 566 pages
...passage which is said by Josephus to have induced Cyrus to send back the Jews to their native land: " Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the...ambition seized upon him to fulfil what was so written" (Jos. Ant. xi. 2). According to Ctesias and others, the name of Cyrus signifies the sun. But all that... | |
 | William Urwick - 1877 - 236 pages
...back to their own land, and build my temple' (Isa. xliv. 28). This," says Josephus, " was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple...this and admired the divine power, an earnest desire seized upon him to fulfil what was so written." Here it is clear that Josephus attributes the prophecies... | |
 | Jewish Prophets - 1878 - 110 pages
...own name written therein. " When Cyrus read this (viz., the prophecies in Is. xliv. 28 and xlv. i.) and admired the divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to fulfil what was so written."J It is very possible that this account may be strictly true, for something of the sort seems... | |
 | 1879 - 1248 pages
...nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple." This was foretold by Isaiah a hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished....when Cyrus read this, and admired the divine power, he was seized with an earnest desire to fulfil what was so written' (' Antiq.' xi. 1. 1 and 2). Any... | |
 | rev. William Jones - 1881 - 210 pages
...Josephus (Ant. xi. i. 1, 2) states that Cyrus having read the prophecies by Isaiah on this matter, "an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to fulfil what was so written." He accepted it as a charge from God. Moreover, it is probable that God charged him by His own immediate... | |
 | Charles Gill - 1883 - 424 pages
...to be king over many and great nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the...the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and said that he gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city Jerusalem and the... | |
 | Charles Gill - 1883 - 416 pages
...to be king over many and great nations, send back my people to their own land, and build my temple. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the...the most eminent Jews that were in Babylon, and said that he gave them leave to go back to their own country, and to rebuild their city Jerusalem and the... | |
 | John Forbes - 1890 - 284 pages
...behind him of his prophecies Accordingly, when Cyrus read this (the charge given to him by Jehovah), an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to fulfil what was so written " (Ant., bk. xi., cap. i., § 2). The decree of Cyrus and the pre-exilic date of II. Isaiah's prophecy... | |
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This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to... 
