Cyrus is an identifiable person in history, mentioned also in II Chronicles 36, Ezra 1-4, and Daniel 1-10. Cyrus ruled Persia from 559 to 530 BC. There is nothing extraordinary so far, except when you look back at when Isaiah wrote this chapter.

For the biblical facts, look at Isaiah 6. When did Isaiah start writing? “The year that King Uzziah died”. When was that? 739BC. That date happens to be exactly 200 years BEFORE Cyrus was the King that Ezra & Daniel are writing about.

Only God would know such a thing. Only God could know who will rule on Earth and when. Only God’s Word has historical facts prophetically revealed hundreds and even thousands of years before they happen.

In God’s Word, we hold history written in advance, called Biblical Prophecy. See video by DTBM:

• Awe-Inspiring Acts – Hebrews 11
• See the Seahorse
• Seeing the Glory of God in Creation: Genesis 1 and Psalm 104
• The Glory of God In The Heavens
• The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)

• Historical Evidence of Noah’s Ark
• Historical Evidence of the Red Sea Crossing

Colossians says of Jesus the Divine Word, “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… all things were created through him and for him” (1:16).

• See the Seahorse
• Seeing the Glory of God in Creation: Genesis 1 and Psalm 104
• The Glory of God In The Heavens
• The veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)

³ I declared the past events long ago;
they came out of my mouth; I proclaimed them.
Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
⁴ Because I know that you are stubborn,
and your neck is iron^[b]
and your forehead bronze,
⁵ therefore I declared to you long ago.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
⁶ You have heard it. Observe it all.
Will you not acknowledge it?
From now on I will announce new things to you,
hidden things that you have not known.
⁷ They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’
⁸ You have never heard; you have never known;
for a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.
⁹ I will delay my anger for the sake of my name,
and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.

Isaiah 48:3-9

There are numerous examples of prophecies of specific events and actions of specific people made decades and centuries before these events happened.

• The prophecy concerning Cyrus