537 BC Cyrus of Persia Isaiah wrote his Prophecies between 800-700 BC. Centuries before Cyrus was born Isaiah called him by name and prophesied that he would be protected by God, allowed to destroy the Babylonian Empire, free the Jews and finance the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus became King of Persia in 559 BC and took Babylon in 537 BC. Isaiah even gives details describing how Cyrus would capture the city of Babylon! The prediction that the Persians, along