John Trapp on Isaiah 45:1

CHAP. XLV.

Ver. 1. TO his anointed] i. e. To his appointed and enabled one, to ſubdue many Nations. Xenophon in his firſt book de Cyropaed. gives us a lift of them, Cyrus ſubdued, ſaith he, the Syrians, Aſſyrians, Arabians, Cappadocians, Phrygians, the Lydians, Carians, Phenicians, Babylonians: the Bactrians, Indians, Cilicians, Lib. 1. Sacians, Paphlagonians, Maryandines, and many other Nations. He alſo had dominion over the Aſiatikes, Greekes, Cyprians, Egyptians, &c. He vanquiſhed, ſaith Herodotus what Country ſoever he invaded. And what wonder when God himſelf, as here, held or ſtrengthened his right hand, and looſed the loyns of Kings that were his adverſaries; that is, diſarmed and diſabled them: for it is he alone who ſtrengtheneth and weakeneth the arm of either party,De nat. deor. lib. 2. Ezek. 30.24. Et nemo vir magnus ſine afflatu divino unquam fuit, ſaith Cicero. God transferreth Kingdomes, and ſetteth up Kings, Dan. 2.21.

To open unto him the two-leaved gates] Or doores: whether doores of houſes or gates of Cities, all ſhall fly open before him, as Act. 12.10.