HIs anointed] Cyrus; so called, because by God assigned to be the deliverer of his people. So 1 King. 19. 15, 16. Chap. 61. 1. See Chap. 44. 28. whose right hand I have holden] Or, strengthened. or, do hold, or strengthen. Psalms 89:21. Chap. 41. 10, 13. & 42. 6. to enable him to that work, that I intend to doe by him, Chap. 46. 11. to subdue nations] Psal. 144.. and I will loose] Or, to loose. Heb. open. Chap. 5. 27. the loins of kings] By striking them with the sword, through the loins; where wounds are deadly, Deuteronomy 32:11. and where the seat of strength is, Job 40:16. Nahum 2:1. Or, by smiting them with terrour, and pain thence proceeding, Ezekiel 21:6. Dan. 5 6. Chap. 21. 3. Nahum 2:10. Or, by loosing the girdle, the emblem of strength, from their loins, Job 12:18. Chap. 11. 5. & 22. 21. and 23. 10. vers. 5. the two-leaved gates] Such as great cities and palaces are wont to have Deuteronomy 3:5. Malachi 1:10. See Chap. 13. 2. and the gates shall not be shut] Or, that the gates be not shut. as Joshua 24:9. Malachi 1:9. That all may flie open before him, Acts 12:10.