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.”
Currently Selected:
Isaiah 45: NASB2020
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® NASB®
Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977,1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation
A Corporation Not for Profit
La Habra, CA
All Rights Reserved
www.lockman.org
Isaiah 45
45
1Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ungird the loins of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2“I will go before you
and level the mountains,#45.2 One ancient Ms Gk: Heb the swellings
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut asunder the bars of iron,
3I 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.
4For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I surname you, though you do not know me.
5I am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I gird you, though you do not know me,
6that men 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.
7I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe,
I am the Lord, who do all these things.
8“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth,#45.8 One ancient Ms: Heb that they may bring forth salvation
and let it cause righteousness to spring up also;
I the Lord have created it.
9 #
Is 29.16; Rom 9.20. “Woe to him who strives with his Maker,
an earthen vessel with the potter!#45.9 Cn: Heb potsherdsor potters
Does the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’ ”
11Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“Will you question me#45.11 Cn: Heb Ask me of things to come about my children,
or command me concerning the work of my hands?
12I made the earth,
and created man upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
13I have aroused him in righteousness,
and I will make straight all his ways;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
14 #
1 Cor 14.25. Thus says the Lord:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia,
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 make supplication to you, saying:
‘God is with you only, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’ ”
15Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16All of them are put to shame and confounded,
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
17 #
Heb 5.9. But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
18For 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 a chaos,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.
19I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek me in chaos.’
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 #
Acts 15.18. 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 #
Rom 14.11; Phil 2.10-11. By myself I have sworn,
from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear.’
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.
25In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall triumph and glory.”
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America