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I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an
abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of 44:28 Cyrus,…My shepherd. The prophe-
wood?” cy—given a century and a half before Cyrus
20 He feeds on ashes; lived and became king of Persia—predicted
A deceived heart has turned him God’s use of the Persian king to gather the
aside; faithful remnant of Israel back to the land. In
And he cannot deliver his soul, this role, Cyrus prefigured the Lord’s Servant,
Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right who will shepherd the sheep of Israel in their
hand?” final regathering (Mic.5:4).The title “shepherd”
applied to kings as leaders of God’s people
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“Remember these, O Jacob, (2 Sam. 5:2; Jer. 3:15). In Acts 13:22, Paul com-
And Israel, for you are My servant; pares David to the standard of Cyrus’s obedi-
I have formed you, you are My ence. Jerusalem…the temple. In 538 B.C.,
servant; Cyrus decreed the rebuilding of the temple
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! (Ezra 1:1,2; 6:3), thus fulfilling Isaiah’s prophe-
I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, cy.The returning Jews completed the work in
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your transgressions, 516 B.C.(Ezra 6:15).
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” Psalm 110:1–7
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Sing, O heavens, for the LORD A Psalm of David.
has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth; he LORD said to my Lord,
Break forth into singing, you T “Sit at My right hand,
mountains, Till I make Your enemies
O forest, and every tree in it! Your footstool.”
2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
And glorified Himself in Israel. strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!
24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,
3 Your people shall be volunteers
And He who formed you from the
womb: In the day of Your power;
“I am the LORD, who makes all things, In the beauties of holiness, from the
Who stretches out the heavens all womb of the morning,
alone, You have the dew of Your youth.
4 The LORD has sworn
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
25 Who frustrates the signs of the And will not relent,
babblers, “You are a priest forever
And drives diviners mad; According to the order of
Who turns wise men backward, Melchizedek.”
And makes their knowledge 5 The Lord is at Your right hand;
foolishness; He shall execute kings in the day of
Who confirms the word of His servant, His wrath.
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And performs the counsel of His 6 He shall judge among the nations,
messengers; He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be He shall execute the heads of many
inhabited,’ countries.
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’ 7 He shall drink of the brook by the
And I will raise up her waste places; wayside;
27 Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry! Therefore He shall lift up the head.
And I will dry up your rivers’;
Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My
28 Proverbs 26:5–9
shepherd, 5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
And he shall perform all My pleasure, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be 6 He who sends a message by the hand
built,” of a fool
And to the temple, “Your foundation Cuts off his own feet and drinks
shall be laid.” ’ violence.

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