Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd "Who saith to Cyrus, Thou art my shepherd" - Pastor meus es ; Vulg. The true reading seems to be אתה רעי roi attah ; the word אתה attah , has probably been dropped out of the text. The same word is lost out of the text, Psalm 119:57 . It is supplied in the Septuagint by the word ει , thou art.

Saying to Jerusalem - For ולאמר velemor , the Septuagint and Vulgate read האומר haomer .

And to the temple - ולהיכל uleheychal , as לירושלם lirushalayim , before; the preposition is necessary, and the Vulgate seems to read so. - Houbigant.

That saith of Cyrus, He is, or thou art, my shepherd - Saying to Jerusalem, "Thou shalt be built;" and to the Temple, "Thy foundation shall be laid." - There is a remarkable beauty and propriety in this verse.

1. Cyrus is called God's shepherd. Shepherd was an epithet which Cyrus took to himself; and what he gave to all good kings.