Isaías 44:28
Que dice de Ciro: Es mi pastor, y cumplirá todo lo que yo quiero, en diciendo á Jerusalem, Serás edificada; y al templo: Serás fundado.This verse in the real world
Where
Who
In what words
- כּוֹרֶשׁKôwreshKoresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
- חֵפֶץchêphetspleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a
- הֵיכָלhêykâla large public building, such as a palace or temple
- שָׁלַםshâlamto be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; b
- רָעָהrâʻâhto tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); ge
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Cyrus CylinderConfirmed by the groundThe Persian repatriation policy behind the return from exile is documented in Cyrus's own words — the general policy, independently attested; the specific decree for Judah, only in the Bible.
Cross-references
2Ch 36:22–1:3, Isa 45:1, Ezr 6:3–18, Dan 10:1, Isa 45:13, Isa 63:11, Isa 46:11, Psa 78:71–72