Endnote 20 – Cyrus the Messiah
Vocalized with the Greek to the niphal, “He is called by my name.” However, if the prophet is describing Cyrus as calling upon YHWH by name, it would not be a problem. The Egyptians described Cambyses and Darius as calling upon the Egyptian gods and the priests of Marduk described Cyrus as calling upon the Babylonian god. These poems do not present Cyrus as he really was, but as at least one Judahite wanted him to be.