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I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it.
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Verse 11. Bird; Cyrus, whose rapid conquests are thus denoted. Calmet.—He chose a golden eagle, with wings expanded, for his standard. Xen. vii.—Christ came from heaven to redeem the world. Psalms 18:6. Malachi 4:2. Calmet.—He was the orient, adored by the eastern sages, to whom the prophet refers. Saint Jerome Worthington.
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