* Is prophecy of "Cyrus" a double meaning prophecy?
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Isaiah - Chapter 32
1: Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule
in judgment
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Isaiah - Chapter 33
15: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding
of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth
his eyes from seeing evil; 16: He shall dwell on high: his place of
defence shall be the munitions of rocks: *bread shall be given him; his
*waters shall be sure. 17: Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off.
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* Bread (body of Christ), Water (Blood of Christ)
Ezekiel - Chapter 44
1: Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary
which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2: Then said the LORD
unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man
shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered
in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 3: It is for *the prince; the
prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter
by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of
the same.
* "David a prince", Ezekiel 34-24: And I the LORD will be their God,
and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
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Isaiah - Chapter 41
     1: Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come
near together to judgment.
2: Who raised up *the righteous man from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he
gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3: He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not
gone with his feet.
4: Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the
beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. 5: The
isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near,
and came. 6: They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to
his brother, Be of good courage. 7: So the carpenter encouraged the
goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the
anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with
nails, that it should not be moved.
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Isaiah - Chapter 42
1: Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles. 2: He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause
his voice to be heard in the street. 3: A bruised reed shall he not
break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth
judgment unto truth. 4: He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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Isaiah - Chapter 44
     26: That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the
counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be
inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will
raise up the decayed places thereof: 27: That saith to the deep, Be
dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 28: That saith of Cyrus, He is my
shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem,
Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy *foundation shall be laid.
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Isaiah - Chapter 45
     1: Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose *right
hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the
loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates
shall not be shut;
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Psalms - Chapter 20
6: Now know I that the LORD saveth *his anointed; he will hear him from
his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7: Some
trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of
the LORD our God. 8: They are brought down and fallen: but we are
risen, and stand upright. 9: Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we
call.
* This King (="his anointed", Psalms 2) is most belessed for ever
(Psalms 21:6).
Was literal Cyrus "most belessed for ever"!?
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2: I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will
break in pieces the gates of *brass, and cut in sunder the bars of
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* "Brass" (Greece, ="Leopard"), Iron (Rome, "Dragon"); compare with the
beast of Revelation 13 & 17, Daniel 2 & 7 (Beast, have seven heads and
ten horns)
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3: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of
secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee
by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4: For Jacob my servant's sake, and
Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed
thee, though thou hast not known me.
5: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I
girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6: That they may know from
*the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside
me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
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* "the rising of the sun" = east Asia, "the west" = America
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7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create
evil: I the LORD do all these things. 8: Drop down, ye heavens, from
above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open,
and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up
together; I the LORD have created it.
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13: I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his
ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for
price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
17: But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an *everlasting
salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
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21: Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together:
who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that
time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just
God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22: Look unto me, and be ye
saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Isaiah - Chapter 46
    11: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth
my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring
it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. 12: Hearken unto me,
ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: 13: I bring near my
righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not
tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
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Isaiah - Chapter 47
    9:But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day,
the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great
abundance of thine enchantments.
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* Compare Isaiah 47 with "Mystery Babylon" in Revelation 18
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     14: Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them;
they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there
shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. 15: Thus
shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy
merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter;
none shall save thee.
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* Isaiah - Chapter 49-53 are about "Jesus Christ" ("Israel", "Holy One
of Israel")
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Isaiah - Chapter 54
     7: For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies
will I gather thee. 8: In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a
moment; but with *everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith
the LORD thy Redeemer.
17: No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
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Isaiah - Chapter 55
     3: Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall
live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of *David. 4: Behold, I have given him for a witness to the
people, a leader and commander to the people.
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     5: Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and
nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy
God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6: Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is
near: 7: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
13: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a
name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
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* 5: ... "because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of
Israel("Jesus Christ"); for he hath glorified thee("David").
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Isaiah - Chapter 56
     1: Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my
salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked
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Isaiah - Chapter 58
     1: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and
shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2: Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation
that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in
approaching to God.
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Isaiah - Chapter 59
     1: Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2: But your iniquities have
separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear.
     19: So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his
glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 20:
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
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New Jerusalem:
Isaiah - Chapter 60
1: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is
risen upon thee.
18: Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor
destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19: The sun shall be no more thy light
by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but
the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy
glory. 20: Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon
withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the
days of thy mourning shall be ended. 21: Thy people also shall be all
righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my
planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
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