Isaiah 45
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Thus saith the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and to loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and that the gates may not be shut: |
| 2 | I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron; |
| 3 | And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I am the LORD, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel. |
| 4 | For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me. |
| 5 | I am the LORD, and there is none else, beside Me there is no God; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known Me; |
| 6 | That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside Me; I am the LORD; and there is none else; |
| 7 | I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things. |
| 8 | Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, that they may bring forth salvation, and let her cause righteousness to spring up together; I the LORD have created it. |
| 9 | Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: ‘What makest thou?’ Or: ‘Thy work, it hath no hands’? |
| 10 | Woe unto him that saith unto his father. 'Wherefore begettest thou?’ Or to a woman: ‘Wherefore travailest thou?’ |
| 11 | Thus saith the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me of the things that are to come; Concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me. |
| 12 | I, even I, have made the earth, And created man upon it; I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, And all their host have I commanded. |
| 13 | I have roused him up in victory, And I make level all his ways; He shall build My city, And he shall let Mine exiles go free, Not for price nor reward, Saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 14 | Thus saith the LORD: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine; They shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; And they shall fall down unto thee, They shall make supplication unto thee: Surely God is in thee, and there is none else, There is no other God. |
| 15 | Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. |
| 16 | They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; They shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols. |
| 17 | O Israel, that art saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; Ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. |
| 18 | For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, He is God; That formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not to be empty or chaotic, He established it to be settled and inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else. |
| 19 | I have not spoken in secret, In a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob: ‘Seek ye Me in vain’; I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. |
| 20 | Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, Ye that are escaped of the nations; They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, And pray unto a god that cannot save. |
| 21 | Declare ye, and bring them near, Yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this from ancient time, And declared it of old? Have not I the LORD? And there is no God else beside Me, A just God and a Saviour; There is none beside Me. |
| 22 | Look unto Me, and be ye saved, All the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is none else. |
| 23 | By Myself have I sworn, The word is gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, And shall not come back, That unto Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall swear. |
| 24 | Only in the LORD, shall one say of Me, is victory and strength; Even to Him shall men come in confusion, All they that were incensed against Him. |
| 25 | In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. |
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