Isaiah 45
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Isaiah 45
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
1 #
v 5
; Isa 44.28; Jer 50.3, 35Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him—
and the gates shall not be closed:
2 #
Ps 107.16; Isa 40.4; Jer 51.30 I will go before you
and level the mountains;#45.2 Q ms Gk: MT the swellings
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron;
3 #
Isa 43.1; Jer 41.8 I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches hidden in secret places,
so that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
4 #
Isa 41.8; 43.1; Acts 17.23 For the sake of my servant Jacob
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name;
I give you a title, though you do not know me.
5 #
v 6
; Ps 18.39; Isa 44.6, 8I am the Lord, and there is no other;
besides me there is no god.
I arm you, though you do not know me,
6 #
v 5
; Isa 43.5; Mal 1.11so that they may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is no one besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 #
Ps 104.20; Isa 42.16; Am 3.6 I form light and create darkness,
I make weal and create woe;
I the Lord do all these things.
8 #
Ps 72.6; 85.11; Isa 12.3; 60.21 Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,#45.8 Q ms: MT that they may bring forth salvation
and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
I the Lord have created it.
9 #
Isa 29.16; Rom 9.20, 21 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter!#45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?
10Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 #
Isa 8.19; 43.15; 54.5; Jer 31.9 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its 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?
12 #
v 18
; Neh 9.6; Isa 42.5I made the earth
and created humankind upon it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
13 #
v 2
; Isa 41.2; 44.28; 52.3I have aroused Cyrus#45.13 Heb him in righteousness,
and I will make all his paths straight;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,
says the Lord of hosts.
14 #
Ps 149.8; Isa 14.1, 2; 49.23; Jer 16.19; 1 Cor 14.25 Thus says the Lord:
The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, tall 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 alone, and there is no other;
there is no god besides him.”
15 #
Isa 8.17; 43.3 Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16 #
Isa 44.9, 11 All of them are put to shame and confounded;
the makers of idols go in disgrace together.
17 #
Isa 26.4; 49.23; Rom 11.26 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
ever again.
18 #
vv 5, 12
; Gen 1.2, 26; Isa 42.5For 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.
19 #
Isa 41.8; 44.8; 48.16; 63.1; Jer 29.13, 14 I 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.
Idols Cannot Save Babylon
20 #
Isa 43.9; 44.18, 19; 46.6, 7; Jer 10.5 Assemble yourselves and come together;
draw near, you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge—
those who carry about their wooden idols
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
21 #
v 5
; Isa 41.23, 26; 43.3, 11Declare and present your case;
take counsel together!#45.21 Syr Vg: Heb let them take counsel
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord?
There is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is no one besides me.
22 #
Num 21.8, 9; Isa 30.15; 49.6, 12 Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 #
Isa 55.11; 62.8; 65.16; Rom 14.11 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 #
Isa 41.11; 54.17 Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and strength;
all who were incensed against him
shall come to him and be ashamed.
25 #
Isa 53.11; 60.19 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall triumph and glory.
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New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Isaiah 45
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1Thus saith Jehovah to his Anointed, to Cyrus,
Whom I hold fast by his right hand;
To subdue nations before him,
And ungird the loins of kings;
To open before him the two-leaved gates:
And the gates shall not be shut.
2I will go before thee,
And make the crooked places straight:
I will break in pieces the gates of brass.
And cut in sunder the bars of iron.
3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
And the stores deeply hidden in secret places;
That thou mayest know that I am Jehovah,
He who calleth thee by thy name, the God of Israel.
4For Jacob my servant’s sake,
And Israel my chosen,
I have even called thee by thy name;
I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5I am Jehovah, and there is none else;
There is no God beside me:
I girded thee, though thou knewest me not;
6That men may know from the rising of the sun,
And from the west, that there is none beside me;
I am Jehovah, and there is none else:
7I form light, and create darkness;
I make peace, and create evil:
I Jehovah do all these things.
8Drop down, ye heavens, from above;
And let the clouds shower down righteousness;
Let the earth open her bosom, and let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together:
I Jehovah have created it.
9Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker!
Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?
Or thy work; He hath no hands?
10Wo unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou?
Or to the woman, What dost thou bring forth?
11Thus saith Jehovah,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
Of things to come ask me;
But over my sons, and over the work of my hands, let me have the command.
12I have made the earth,
And created man upon it:
I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens,
And to all the host of them I have given command.
13I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will make straight all his ways:
He shall build my city, and release my captives,
Not for price, nor for reward:
Saith Jehovah of hosts.
14Thus saith Jehovah:
The labour of Egypt, the merchandise of Cush,
And of the Sabeans, men of stature;
Shall come over unto thee, and shall be thine:
They shall follow thee; in chains shall they pass along,
And they shall bow down unto thee;
They shall make supplication unto thee, saying:
Surely God is in thee, and there is none else;
There is no God besides.
15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself;
O God of Israel, the Saviour!
16They are ashamed, and also confounded, all of them;
They retire in confusion together that are makers of images.
17 But Israel shall be saved through Jehovah with an everlasting salvation:
Ye shall not be ashamed, nor confounded, world without end.
18For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens;
He himself is the God who formed the earth, and made it; it was He that hath established it;
He created it not in vain; He formed it to be inhabited:
I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth;
I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:
I, Jehovah, speak the truth: I declare the things that are right
20Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather yourselves together, ye that are escaped of the nations:
They have no knowledge that carry about the wood of their graven image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.
21Publish it abroad, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together:
Who hath made this known from ancient time, hath declared it of old?
Was it not I, Jehovah? besides me there is no God;
A just God, and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
For I am God, and there is none else.
23I have sworn by myself, the truth is gone out of my mouth;
The word, and it shall not be revoked:
That unto me every knee shall bow,
Every tongue shall swear.
24Only in Jehovah, shall one say of me, is righteousness and strength;
To Him shall men come,
And all that are incensed against Him shall be ashamed.
25In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.