Is Jesus in our text today? The answer is yes. Firstly, he is the Deliverer of the captives. He is the One who builds his church. He is the Messiah. He is the ruler of this man Cyrus, who is called the messiah, who is a picture of the Christ, but God is ruling Cyrus. Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He is the Lord's anointed and he is the Ruler over the kings of the earth, and he can turn and change the heart of the king. As Proverbs says,
Michael Voytekas of channels of water, so the heart of the king is in the hands of the Lord and he turns it any way he wants.So we see in this passage the fulfillment of that particular Proverb. God directs Cyrus, maybe even against his will, saying, this is what you are going to do, and he did it. The heart of the king is in the hands of the Lord; that Lord is Jesus.1
1 La première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, afin que s'accomplisse la parole de l'Eternel prononcée par la bouche de Jérémie, l'Eternel réveilla l'esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, qui fit faire de vive voix et par écrit cette publication dans tout son royaume: