Geneva Bible Notes: Isaiah 45

Isaiah 45:1 ^b Because Cyrus shulde execute the office of a deliuerer, God called him his anointed for a time, but after another sort then he called Daiud.

Isaiah 45:1 ^c To guide him in the deliuerance of my people.

Isaiah 45:1 ^a To assure the Jewes of their deliuerance against the great tentations that thei shulde abide, he nameth the persone and the meanes.

Isaiah 45:1 ^! The deliuerance of the people by Cyrus.

Isaiah 45:2 ^d I wil take away all impediments and lettes.

Isaiah 45:3 ^e Not that Cyrus did knowe God to worship him aright but he had a certeine particular knowledge, as profane men may haue, of his power, & so was compelled to deliuer Gods people.

Isaiah 45:4 ^f Not for anie thing, that is in thee, or for thy worthines.

Isaiah 45:5 ^g I haue giuen thee strength, power & autoritie.

Isaiah 45:7 ^h I send peace and warre, prosperitie & aduersitie, as {Amos 3,6}.

Isaiah 45:8 ^k I haue appointed Cyrus to this vse & purpose.

Isaiah 45:8 ⁱ He comforteth the Jewes as if he wolde say, thogh when ye loke to the heauens and earth for succour, ye se nothing now but signes of Gods wrath, yet I wil cause them to bring forth moste certeine tokens of your deliuerance, & of the performance of my promes, which is ment by righteousnes.

Isaiah 45:9 ^l Hereby he brideleth their impaciencie, which in aduersitie & trouble murmure against God and wil not tarie his pleasure: willing that man shulde matche with his like and not contend against God.

Isaiah 45:9 ^M That is, it is not perfitely made.

Isaiah 45:9 ^! God is just in all his workes.

Isaiah 45:11 ⁿ Instead of murmuring, humble your selues and aske what ye wil for the consolation of my children, and you shalbe sure of it, as ye are of these things which are at your commandment. Some read it wish an interrogation, and make it the application of the similitude.

Isaiah 45:12 ^o That is the Starres.

Isaiah 45:13 ^p To wit, Cyrus, that I may shewe by him the faithfulnes of my promes in deliuering my people.

Isaiah 45:13 ^q Meaning frely & without ransome, or any grieuous condicion.

Isaiah 45:14 ^r These people were tributaries to the Persians & so King Attahshashite gaue this money towarde the buylding of the Temple, {Ezra. 7,21}.

Isaiah 45:14 ^s Where as to fore thei were thine enemies, thei shal now honour thee, and thou shalt rule them: which was accomplished in the time of Christ.

Isaiah 45:15 ^t Hereby he exhorteth the Jewes to paciencei, thogh their deliuerance be differred for a time: shewing that they shulde not repent their long pacience, but that wicked and idolaters shalbe destroied.

Isaiah 45:18 ^u Towit, of man, but chiefly of his Church.

Isaiah 45:19 ^x As do the false gods, which giue vncerteine answers.

Isaiah 45:20 ^! The calling of the Gentiles.

Isaiah 45:20 ^y All ye idolaters, which thogh you seme to haue neuer so muche worldelie dignitie, yet in Gods fight you are vile & abject.

Isaiah 45:22 ^z He calleth the idolaters to repentance, willing them to loke vnto him with the eye of faith.

Isaiah 45:23 ^a That is, that that thing, which I haue promised, shalbe faithfully performed.

Isaiah 45:23 ^b The knowledge of God and the true worshiping shalbe through all the world, {Rom. 14,11}, {phil. 2, 10}. whereby he signifieth that we must not onely serue God in heart, but declare the same also by outward profession.

Isaiah 45:24 ^c Meaning, the faithful shal fele & confesse this.

Isaiah 45:24 ^d All the contemners of God.