Isaiah 45
45
Cyrus the Anointed
1Thus says Adonai to His anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him so that gates may not be shut.
2I will go before you and make crooked places straight. I will shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.
3I will give you treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, so you may know that I am Adonai, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
4For the sake of Jacob My servant, and Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by name, I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
5I am Adonai—there is no other. Besides Me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known Me,
6so they may know, from the rising to the setting of the sun, that there is no one besides Me. I am Adonai—there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness. I make shalom and create calamity. I, Adonai, do all these things.
8“Rain down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down justice. Let the earth open up, let salvation sprout, and righteousness spring up with it. I, Adonai, have created it.”
9Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
10Oy , to him who says to his father, “What have you begotten?” Or to a woman, “What have you born?”
11Thus says Adonai, the Holy One of Israel and its Maker, “Ask Me about the things to come upon My children. Then you will commit to Me the work of My hands.
12I made the earth and created man on it. My hands stretched out the heavens and I commanded all their host.
13“I stirred Cyrus up in righteousness and I will level all his roads. He will build My city and set My exiles free, with no price or bribe,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
14Thus says Adonai: “Egypt’s toil, Ethiopia’s merchandise, and the tall Sabeans will come over to you and be yours. They will walk behind you in chains. They will bow down to you, and pray, saying, ‘Surely God is with you!’ There is none else— no other God!”
Mystery of Creation
15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior!
16All of them will be ashamed, disgraced— idol-makers go in dishonor together.
17Israel has been saved by Adonai with an everlasting salvation. You will not be put to shame or disgraced, for ever and ever.
18For thus says Adonai— He is God who fashioned the heavens, who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it desolate but formed it to be inhabited— “I am Adonai—there is no other!”
19“I have not spoken in secret, in a place of a land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in desolation.’ I, Adonai, speak righteousness, declaring uprightly.”
No Other God and Savior
20“Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, fugitives of the nations! Those who carry their wooden idols have no knowledge, praying to a god who cannot save.
21Declare and present your case, Indeed, let them consult together. Who foretold this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Is it not I, Adonai? There is no other God beside Me —a righteous God and a Savior— there is none besides Me!
22Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God—there is no other.
23By Myself I have sworn— the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, and is irrevocable: that to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear.
24They will say of Me, ‘Only in Adonai is righteousness and strength.’ All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
25In Adonai all the seed of Israel will be justified and give praise.”
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Isaiah 45
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1The Lord says this to Cyrus, His anointed, # Is 44:28
whose right hand I have grasped # Ps 73:23; Is 41:13; 42:6
to subdue nations before him,
to disarm # Lit unloosen the loins kings, # Jb 12:21; Is 45:5
to open the doors before him
and the gates will not be shut:
2“I will go before you
and level the uneven places; # DSS, LXX read the mountains # Is 40:4
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two. # Ps 107:16
3I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places, # Jr 41:8; 50:37
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name. # Ex 33:12,17; Is 43:1; 49:1
4I call you by your name,
because of Jacob My servant # Is 41:8; 42:19
and Israel My chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know Me.
5I am Yahweh, and there is no other; # Is 45:6,14,18,21; 46:9
there is no God but Me. # Is 44:6,8
I will strengthen # Lit gird you,
though you do not know Me,
6so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
that there is no one but Me. # Ps 102:15; Is 37:20; Mal 1:11
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness, # Ps 104:20; 105:28
I make success and create disaster; # Gn 50:20; 1Sm 16:14; 1Kg 21:21; 22:8; 2Kg 6:33; Ps 78:49; Jb 2:10; Is 13:11; 31:2; 47:11; Jr 1:14; Lm 3:38; Am 3:6
I, Yahweh, do all these things.
8“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness. # Hs 10:12
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it. # Ps 85:11; Is 61:11
I, Yahweh, have created it.
9“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker —
one clay pot among many. # Lit a clay pot with clay pots of the ground
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’ # Is 29:16; 64:8; Jr 18:6; Rm 9:20-21
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’? # Or making? Your work has no hands.
10How absurd is the one who says to his father,
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to? ’ ”
11This is what the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel # Is 1:4 and its Maker, says:
“Ask Me what is to happen to # Or Me the coming things about My sons, # Jr 31:9
and instruct Me about the work of My hands. # Is 19:25; 29:23; 60:21; 64:8
12I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, # Ps 104:2; Is 42:5; 44:24
and I commanded all their host.
13I have raised him up in righteousness, # Is 41:2
and will level all roads for him.
He will rebuild My city, # 2Ch 36:22-23; Is 44:28
and set My exiles free, # Is 52:3
not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord of Hosts.
God Alone is the Savior
14This is what the Lord says:
The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature, # Is 18:1; 43:3
will come over to you # Is 14:1-2; 49:23; 54:3
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess # Lit pray to you:
God is indeed with you, # 1Co 14:25 and there is no other;
there is no other God.
15Yes, You are a God who hides Himself, # Ps 44:24; Is 1:15; 8:17; 57:17
God of Israel, Savior. # Is 43:3
16All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; # Is 42:17; 44:9
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
17Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity. # Is 49:23; 50:7; 54:4
18For this is what the Lord says —
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited # Gn 1:26; Ps 115:16 —
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.
19I have not spoken in secret, # Is 48:16
somewhere in a land of darkness.
I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:
Seek Me in a wasteland. # 2Ch 15:2; Ps 78:34; Jr 29:13-14
I, Yahweh, speak truthfully; # Ps 19:8; Is 45:23; 63:1
I say what is right.
20“Come, gather together,
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save, # Is 44:17; 46:1,7; Jr 10:5
have no knowledge. # Is 44:18-19; 48:5-7
21Speak up and present your case # Lit and approach # Is 41:21-23; 43:9 —
yes, let them take counsel together.
Who predicted this long ago?
Who announced it from ancient times?
Was it not I, Yahweh?
There is no other God but Me,
a righteous God and Savior; # Is 43:3,11
there is no one except Me. # Dt 4:35; 6:4; Mk 12:32
22Turn to Me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth.
For I am God,
and there is no other.
23By Myself I have sworn; # Gn 22:16; Is 62:8; Heb 6:13
Truth has gone from My mouth, # Is 55:11
a word that will not be revoked:
Every knee will bow # Rm 14:11; Php 2:10 to Me,
every tongue will swear allegiance.
24It will be said to Me: Righteousness and strength
is only in the Lord.”
All who are enraged against Him
will come to Him and be put to shame. # Is 41:11
25All the descendants of Israel
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.
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