Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
raised up—in purpose: not fulfilled till a hundred fifty years afterwards.
north—In Isaiah 41:2, "from the East"; both are true: see the note there.
call . . . my name—acknowledge Me as God, and attribute his success to Me; this he did in the proclamation (Ezra 1:2). This does not necessarily imply that Cyrus renounced idolatry, but hearing of Isaiah's prophecy given a hundred fifty years before, so fully realized in his own acts, he recognized God as the true God, but retained his idol (so Naaman, 2Ki. 5:1-27; compare II Kings 17:33, II Kings 17:41; Daniel 3:28; Daniel 4:1-3, Daniel 4:34-37).
princes—the Babylonian satraps or governors of provinces.
mortar—"mire"; He shall tread them under foot as dirt (Isaiah 10:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 41:25:
Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 41:21
Isaiah 46:11
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