John Trapp on Isaiah 46:11
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Isaiah46:11
Ver. 11. Calling a ravenous bird] i. e. Cyrus, who was hawk-noſed, and came ſwiftly to ſeiz upon Babylon, like a Falcon, or ſome ſuch ravenous bird;Cyripaed. l. 7. So Nebuchadnezzar is called an Eagle, Jer. 48.49. Xenophon teſtifyeth that Cyrus had in his ſtandard a golden Spred-Eagle, as had after him the Perſian Kings, and likewiſe the Romans: See Matth, 24.28. with the Note.
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