Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 45:13

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.

Cyrus, who was named before, ver. 1.

Not in a way of absolute Soveraignty, as I might have done, but most justly, to punish the wicked Babylonians, to plead the Cause of the innocent oppressed Ones, to manifest my own Righteousness, and Truth, and Goodness.

Guide and assist him in all his Travels and Marches, in all his Attempts, and Battels, and Sieges, crowning him with Success in all his undertakings.

Freely without requiring any Ransome for or from them, as is usual in such cases. Such an exact Prediction of these things which depended wholly upon the Mind and Will of Cyrus, is mentioned here, as an infallible Evidence of the certainty of God's foreknowledge, and of his being the onely true God; because Idols could discover no such things, at such a distance of time.

Marginal references: Or, make straight.; 2 Chron. 36. 22, 23. Ezra 1. 1. Chap. 44. 28.; Chap. 52. 3.