a ravenous bird] Cyrus; who shall come swiftly, and seise upon Babylon, as an Eagle or Vulture upon his prey, Job 9:26.
from the east] Persia; East of Babylon, Chap. 41. 2, 25.
the man that executeth my counsel] Heb. the man of my counsel. Chap. 40. 13. Not, whom I take counsel of for ought, Chap. 40. 14. but concerning the destruction of Babylon, and the deliverance of my people, vers. 10. Chap. 44. 28. Jeremiah 50:45. whom I have appointed to execute, what I have determined.