And their nobles shall be from themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that devoted his heart to approach unto me? says the LORD.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Leader. Zorobabel, the figure (Theodoret) of Christ, who is here meant. (Calmet)
He springs from Jacob. (Worthington)
The sceptre was not taken away till his coming, Genesis xlix. (Haydock)
Who. Cyrus alludes to this passage in his decree, 1 Esdras i. (Calmet)
The prediction is fully verified in Christians. (St. Jerome)
Christ is near to God, being one, John xiv. (Worthington)