Isaiah 45

1ThusH3541 saith Jehovah to his anointedH4899, to CyrusH3566, whose rightH3225 handH3225 I have holden, to subdue nationsH1471 before him, and I will loose the loinsH4975 of kingsH4428; to open the doorsH1817 before him, and the gatesH8179 shall not be shutH5462: 2I will go before thee, and makeH3474 the rough places smoothH3474; I will breakH7665 in pieces the doorsH1817 of brass, and cutH1438 in sunder the barsH1280 of ironH1270; 3and I will giveH5414 thee the treasuresH214 of darknessH2822, and hidden riches of secretH4565 placesH4565, that thou mayest knowH3045 that it is I, Jehovah, who callH7121 thee by thy nameH8034, even the GodH430 of IsraelH3478. 4For JacobH3290 my servant’sH5650 sakeH4616, and IsraelH3478 my chosen, I have calledH7121 thee by thy nameH8034: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not knownH3045 me. 5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no GodH430. I will girdH247 thee, though thou hast not knownH3045 me; 6that they may knowH3045 from the rising of the sunH8121, and from the westH4628, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. 7I form the lightH216, and createH1254 darknessH2822; I makeH6213 peaceH7965, and createH1254 evilH7451; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these thingsH428.

8Distil, ye heavensH8064, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousnessH6666: let the earthH776 openH6605, that it may bring forth salvationH3468, and let it cause righteousnessH6666 to springH6779 up togetherH3162; I, Jehovah, have createdH1254 it.

9WoeH1945 unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherdH2789 among the potsherdsH2789 of the earthH127! Shall the clay sayH559 to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy workH6467, He hath no handsH3027? 10WoeH1945 unto him that saith unto a fatherH1, What begettest thou? or to a womanH802, With what travailest thou?

11ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478, and his Maker: AskH7592 me of the thingsH857 that are to comeH857; concerning my sonsH1121, and concerning the workH6467 of my handsH3027, commandH6680 ye me. 12I have madeH6213 the earthH776, and createdH1254 manH120 upon it: I, even my handsH3027, have stretchedH5186 out the heavensH8064; and all their hostH6635 have I commandedH6680. 13I have raised him up in righteousnessH6664, and I will makeH3474 straightH3474 all his waysH1870: he shall buildH1129 my cityH5892, and he shall let my exilesH1546 goH7971 free, not for priceH4242 nor reward, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635.

14ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, The labor of EgyptH4714, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the SabeansH5436, menH376 of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall beH1961 thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall downH7812 unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, sayingH559, SurelyH389 GodH430 is in thee; and there is none else, there is no GodH430. 15Verily thou art a GodH430 that hidest thyself, O GodH430 of IsraelH3478, the Saviour. 16They shall be putH954 to shameH954, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall goH1980 into confusion togetherH3162 that are makers of idols. 17But IsraelH3478 shall be savedH3467 by Jehovah with an everlasting salvationH8668: ye shall not be putH954 to shameH954 nor confounded world without end.

18For thusH3541 saith Jehovah that createdH1254 the heavensH8064, the GodH430 that formedH3335 the earthH776 and madeH6213 it, that establishedH3559 it and createdH1254 it not a waste, that formedH3335 it to be inhabitedH3427: I am Jehovah; and there is none else. 19I have not spokenH1696 in secret, in a placeH4725 of the landH776 of darknessH2822; I saidH559 not unto the seedH2233 of JacobH3290, SeekH1245 ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speakH1696 righteousnessH6664, I declareH5046 things that are right.

20AssembleH6908 yourselves and comeH935; drawH5066 near togetherH3162, ye that are escaped of the nationsH1471: they have no knowledge that carryH5375 the woodH6086 of their graven imageH6459, and prayH6419 unto a godH410 that cannot saveH3467. 21DeclareH5046 ye, and bringH5066 it forth; yea, let them takeH3289 counselH3289 togetherH3162: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declaredH5046 it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no GodH430 else besides me, a just GodH430 and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22Look unto me, and be ye savedH3467, all the endsH657 of the earthH776; for I am GodH410, and there is none else. 23By myself have I swornH7650, the wordH1697 is goneH3318 forthH3318 from my mouthH6310 in righteousnessH6666, and shall not returnH7725, that unto me every knee shall bowH3766, every tongueH3956 shall swearH7650. 24OnlyH389 in Jehovah, it is saidH559 of me, is righteousnessH6666 and strengthH5797; even to him shall men comeH935; and all they that were incensed against him shall be putH954 to shameH954. 25In Jehovah shall all the seedH2233 of IsraelH3478 be justifiedH6663, and shall glory.