45:1 Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed
Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before
him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors
before him, and cities shall not be closed.
45:2 I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces
brazen doors, and burst iron bars.
45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, I will open to thee
hidden, unseen [treasures], that thou mayest know that I, the Lord thy God,
that call thee by name, am the God of Israel.
45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call
thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.
45:5 For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I
strengthened thee, and thou hast not known me.
45:6 That they that [come] from the east and they that [come] from the west
may know that there is no God but me. I am the Lord God, and there is none
beside.
45:7 I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and
create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
45:8 Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain
righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and
bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created thee.
45:9 What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the
ploughman plough the earth all say? shall the clay say to the potter, What
art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing
formed answer him that formed it?
45:10 As though one should say to [his] father, What wilt thou beget me? and
to his mother, What art thou bringing forth?
45:11 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed
the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and
concerning the works of my hands command me.
45:12 I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have
established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
45:13 I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his
ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my
people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, saith the Lord of hosts.
45:14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured [for thee]; and the
merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass
over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee
bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to
thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no
God beside thee, [O Lord].
45:15 For thou art God, yet we knew [it] not, the God of Israel, the Saviour.
45:16 All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall
walk in shame: ye isles, keep a feast to me.
45:17 Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall
not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore.
45:18 Thus saith the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the
earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it
to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside.
45:19 I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said
not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: I, even I, am the Lord, speaking
righteousness, and proclaiming truth.
45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, ye that escape of
the nations: they that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no
knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save.
45:21 If they will declare, let them draw nigh, that they may know together,
who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told
you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just [God] and a
Saviour; there is none but me.
45:22 Turn ye to me, and ye shall be saved, ye that [come] from the end of
the earth: I am God, and there is none other.
45:23 By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth;
my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and
every tongue shall swear by God,
45:24 saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove
them from their borders shall be ashamed.
45:25 By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of
the children of Israel be glorified. |
45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to
Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I
will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and
the gates shall not be shut;
45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will
break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of
secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by
thy name, am the God of Israel.
45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called
thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I
girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
45:6 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.
45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I
the LORD do all these things.
45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down
righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and
let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with
the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it,
What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
45:10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
45:11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of
things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands
command ye me.
45:12 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.
45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways:
he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor
reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia
and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they
shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over,
and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee,
saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the
Saviour.
45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go
to confusion together that are makers of idols.
45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation:
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in
vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not
unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped
of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven
image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who
hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have
not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour;
there is none beside me.
45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else.
45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear.
45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength:
even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be
ashamed.
45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall
glory. |