Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 48:14

“Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.”

“890. Assemble yourselves. Here he foretells Cyrus's prosperity. And first, he shows the hiding of this fact from others: who among them, namely, the idols, as if to say: none of them, above: who has declared from the beginning? (Isa 41:26). Second, he foretells his prosperity: the Lord has loved him, namely, Cyrus, advancing him into kingship; he will do his pleasure in Babylon, capturing it; and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans, that is, killing them by my power: and truly doing you shall do, and prevailing you shall prevail (1 Sam 26:25).”

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