Isaiah 45
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 45:1-4

1ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 to 1CyrusH3566 His anointedH4899, WhomH834 I have takenH2388 by the rightH3225 2handH3225, To 3subdueH7286 nationsH1471 beforeH6440 him And 4to 5looseH6605 the loinsH4975 of kingsH4428; To openH6605 doorsH1817 beforeH6440 him so that gatesH8179 will not be shutH5462:2“I will goH1980 beforeH6440 you and 6makeH3474 the 7roughH1921 placesH1921 smoothH3474; I will 8shatterH7665 the doorsH1817 of bronzeH5154 and cutH1438 throughH1438 their ironH1270 9barsH1280.3I will giveH5414 you the 1011treasuresH214 of darknessH2822 And hiddenH4301 wealthH4301 of secretH4565 placesH4565, So that you may knowH3045 that it is I, The LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who 12callsH7121 you by your nameH8034.4For the sakeH4616 of 13JacobH3290 My servantH5650, And IsraelH3478 My chosenH972 one, I have also 14calledH7121 you by your nameH8034; I have givenH3655 you a titleH3655 of honorH3655 Though you have 15not knownH3045 Me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 45:1 Is 44:28 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 45:1 Ps 73:23; Is 41:13; 42:6 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 45:1 Is 41:2, 25; Jer 50:3, 35; 51:11, 20, 24 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 45:1 Job 12:21; Is 45:5 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 45:2 Is 40:4 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 45:2 Ps 107:16 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 45:2 Jer 51:30 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 45:3 Or hoarded treasures ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 45:3 Jer 41:8; 50:37 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 45:3 Ex 33:12, 17; Is 43:1; 49:1 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 45:4 Is 41:8, 9; 44:1 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 45:4 Is 43:1 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 45:4 Acts 17:23 ↩

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