2/4 (三)
以賽亞書 48：14-16
現代文譯本（2019）
14 你們都集合，來聽我講話！
沒有任何神明曾預言，
我所選立的人要攻擊巴比倫；
他要照我的旨意做事。
15 是我對他講話，呼召他；
我帶他出來，使他興盛。
16 到我面前來，聽我說話！
我從一開始就公開對你們說話，
而且使我的話句句實現。
現在至高的上主已經給我力量，
差遣了我。
ESV
14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken and called him; I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
16 Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.
《聖經背景注釋》
古列對巴比倫的攻勢 古列首先對巴比倫的拿波尼度王發動宣傳攻勢，這記載於巴比倫文獻。波斯王於主前五三九年有進展，於十月初，離底格里斯河岸的巴比倫約東北角五十哩的奧皮斯一役大勝。十月十一日，巴比倫以北三十五哩的西帕爾淪陷。十月十三日，波斯大軍和平進入巴比倫，受當地人夾道歡迎。古列本人亦於十月三十日進城，宣告自己是巴比倫的解放者。
