3. treasures of darkness--that is, hidden in subterranean places; a
common Oriental practice. Sorcerers pretended to be able to show where
such treasures were to be found; in opposition to their pretensions, God
says, He will really give hidden treasures to Cyrus
(Jer 50:37; 51:13).
PLINY (Natural History,, 33:3) says that
Cyrus obtained from the conquest of Asia thirty-four thousand pounds
weight of gold, besides golden vases, and five hundred thousand talents
of silver, and the goblet of Semiramis, weighing fifteen talents.
that thou mayest know--namely, not merely that He was "the God of
Israel," but that He was Jehovah, the true God.
Ezr 1:1, 2
shows that the correspondence of the event with the prediction had the
desired effect on Cyrus.
which call . . . thy name--so long before designate thee by name
(Isa 43:1).
JFB.
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