Isaiah 41:25

raised up one from the north: i.e. Cyrus. See App-57 . Compare Abraham (the other type was "from the east", Isaiah 41:2 ). This prophecy was made 137 years before its fulfilment. Compare Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 45:1 .

come = speed.

shall he call upon My name. This is the counter part of Isaiah 45:3 , Isaiah 45:4 . Compare Ezra 1:2 and 2 Chronicles 36:22 , 2 Chronicles 36:23 .

My name = Me (emph.) See note on Psalms 20:1 .

princes. The title of Babylonian governors and prefects of provinces. Hebrew. seganim. Used once in Ezra (Isaiah 9:2 , "rulers"); nine times in Nehemiah (Isaiah 2:16 , Isaiah 2:16 ; Isa 4:14 , &c.); three times in Jeremiah (Isaiah 51:23 , Isa 51:28 , Isa 51:57 ); three times in Ezekiel (Isaiah 23:6 , Isaiah 23:12 , Isa 23:23 ). Always rendered "rulers" except here, which is the only occurrence in Isaiah. Cyrus (the Medo-Persian) did fulfill this on the Babylonian "princes".