Isaiah 45
saiah 45
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Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to his
anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and to loose the belts of
kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and level the exalted
places,[a]
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of
iron,
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call
you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I name you, though you do not
know me.
5 I am the Lord,
and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not
know me,
6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is
none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being
and create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
8 “Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain
down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to
sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
9 “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you
begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are
you in labor?’”
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the
one who formed him:
“Ask me of things to come;
will you command
me concerning my children and the work of my hands?[b]
12 I made the earth
and created man on it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their
host.
13 I have stirred him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways
level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
The Lord, the Only Savior
14 Thus says the Lord:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there
is no other,
no god besides him.’”
15 Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in
confusion together.
17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
18 For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is
no other.
19 I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek me in vain.’[c]
I the Lord speak the
truth;
I declare what is right.
20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their
wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
21 Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other god
besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me.
22 “Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no
other.
23 By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out
in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear
allegiance.’[d]
24 “Only in the Lord,
it shall be said of me,
are righteousness
and strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
all who were incensed against
him.
25 In the Lord all
the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall
glory.”
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