Isaiah 45
45
1This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, the one he has anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to direct him to defeat nations and to make kings weak, to open doors before him and gates that will not be shut. 2I will go ahead of you and level the mountains.#45:2. Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint reading. I will break down bronze gates and cut through iron bars. 3I will give you hidden treasure, treasure concealed in secret places, so that you can know for sure that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
4I call you by name and I have given you a title of honor, for the sake of Jacob my servant, and Israel the one I chose, even though you don't know me. 5I am the Lord, there is no God apart from me. Apart from me there is no God. I will make you strong, even though you don't know me, 6so that everyone, from the east to the west, will know that there is no God apart from me, that I am the Lord, and there is none apart from me. 7I create light, and I make darkness, I bring peace and I bring about disaster. I am the Lord and I do all this. 8Let the rain fall from the sky above, let goodness fall from the clouds, let the earth open up to receive goodness and salvation so they can grow together. I, the Lord, created them.
9What trouble people face when they fight with their Creator—they're just pots among all the other pots on earth! Does the clay tell the potter who is shaping it, “What are you doing?” or “What you're making is so bad it's like you have no hands!” 10How bad it would be if you said to your father, “Why did you have me?” or to your mother, “Why was I ever born?”!
11This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, your Creator: You can ask me about things to come. But are you going to lecture me about my children and what I do? 12I'm the one who made the earth, and I created human beings to live there. It was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordered all the stars to come into being.#45:12. “To come into being”: supplied for clarity.
13Because I do what's right, I will encourage him#45:13. Referring back to Cyrus mentioned in verse 1. and smooth out all the roads he takes. He will rebuild my city and will set my exiles free without being paid or bribed to do so, says the Lord Almighty.
14This is what the Lord says: The productive Egyptians and the Ethiopian traders, as well as the tall Sabean people, will come over to you and will belong to you. They will walk behind you in chains and bow down to you, pleading with you, saying, “God is certainly with you, and there is no other God besides him.”
15Yet you are a God who hides himself, God of Israel, Savior. 16Everyone who makes idols are ashamed and humiliated, all of them are disgraced. 17But Israel will be saved by the Lord with a salvation that lasts forever. You will never be ashamed or disgraced for all eternity.
18For this is what the Lord says, the God who created the heavens, who formed and made the earth, he founded it. He didn't make it to be left empty, but formed it to be inhabited. He is the one who says, I am the Lord, and there is no God apart from me. 19I haven't been talking in secret in an obscure place. I didn't tell the descendants of Jacob: Look for me in a place where no one can be found.#45:19. “In a place where no one can be found”: literally, “emptiness.” I, the Lord, tell the truth—I say what's right.
20Gather yourselves together, and come, come close, you refugees of the nations. Aren't they stupid, these people who carry around their wooden idols, and who pray to a god that can't save them? 21Discuss this together, and then speak up, present your case. Who predicted this long ago? Who said what would happen in the future back in the past? Wasn't that me, the Lord? There is no other God except me, no other God who does what is right, and who saves. There is no God apart from me. 22Everyone on earth, come to me and be saved, for I am God and there is no God apart from me. 23I have sworn by my own self, I have spoken what is right, and I won't ever go back on it. Everyone shall bow before me; everyone shall acknowledge me. 24They will say about me, “Salvation and strength can only be found in the Lord.” Everyone who has fought against him will come to him and will be ashamed. 25But in the Lord all the descendants of Israel will be made right, and they will glory in him.
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Isaiah 45
45
God Uses Cyrus
1This is what the Lord says to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And #45:1 Lit I will looseto undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
2“I will go before you and make the #45:2 Another reading is mountainsrough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
3“I will give you the #45:3 Or hoarded treasurestreasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
4“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.
5“I am the Lord, and there is no one else;
There is no God except Me.
I will #45:5 Or embracearm you, though you have not known Me,
6So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is no one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no one else,
7The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing #45:7 Or peacewell-being and creating disaster;
I am the Lord who does all these things.
God’s Supreme Power
8¶“Drip down, heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness sprout with it.
I, the Lord, have created it.
9¶“Woe to the one who quarrels with #45:9 Lit He who formed himhis Maker—
A piece of pottery #45:9 Lit withamong the other earthenware pottery pieces!
Will the clay say to the #45:9 Lit he who formed himpotter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
10“Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you #45:10 Lit in labor pains withgiving birth?’ ”
11This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel and #45:11 Lit He who formed himhis Maker:
“#45:11 Or Will you askAsk Me about the things to come #45:11 Or uponconcerning My sons,
And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.
12“It is I who made the earth, and created mankind upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My hands,
And I #45:12 Or commandedordained all their #45:12 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.lights.
13“I have stirred him in righteousness,
And I will make all his ways smooth.
He will build My city and let My exiles go free,
Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of armies.
14This is what the Lord says:
“The #45:14 Lit laborproducts of Egypt and the merchandise of #45:14 Or EthiopiaCush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains
And will bow down to you;
They will plead with you:
‘#45:14 Or God is with you aloneGod certainly is #45:14 Or inwith you, and there is no one else,
No other God.’ ”
15Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,
God of Israel, Savior!
16They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them;
The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
17Israel has been saved by the Lord
With an everlasting salvation;
You will not be put to shame or humiliated
To all eternity.
18For this is what the Lord says, He who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it #45:18 LXX in vainas a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited):
“I am the Lord, and there is no one else.
19“I have not spoken in secret,
In #45:19 Lit a place of a land of darknesssome dark land;
I did not say to the #45:19 Lit seedoffspring of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in #45:19 Or vaina wasteland’;
I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are right.
20¶“Gather yourselves and come;
Come together, you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge,
Who carry around #45:20 Lit the wood of their carved imagetheir wooden idol
And pray to a god who cannot save.
21“Declare and present your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this long ago?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.
22“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23“I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
24“They will say of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
People will come to Him,
And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25“In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be justified and will boast.”
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