Thus saith the Lord
to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I
have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I
will loose the loins of kings, to open before him
the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be
shut;
02 I 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:
03 And I will give thee the treasures of
darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,
that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which
call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
04 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine
elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I
have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known
me.
05 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there
is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou
hast not known me:
06 That they may know from the rising of the sun,
and from the west, that there is none beside me.
I am the Lord, and there is none else.
07 I form the light, and create darkness: I make
peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these
things.
08 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the
skies pour down righteousness: let the earth
open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let
righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have
created it.
09 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let
the 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?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What
begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou
brought forth?
11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel,
and his Maker, Ask me of things to come
concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my
hands command ye me.
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon
it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I
will direct all his ways: he shall build my city,
and he shall let go my captives, not for price
nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
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14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and
merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men
of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they
shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in
chains they shall come over, and they shall fall
down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto
thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is
none else, there is no God.
15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O
God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded,
all of them: they shall go to confusion together
that are makers of idols.
17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an
everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed
nor confounded world without end.
18 For thus saith the Lord that created the
heavens; God himself that formed the earth and
made it; he hath established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am
the Lord; and there is none else.
19 I 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 the Lord speak
righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near
together, ye that are escaped of the nations:
they have no knowledge that set up the wood of
their graven image, and pray unto a god that
cannot save.
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them
take counsel together: who hath declared this
from ancient time? who hath told it from that
time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God
else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there
is none beside me.
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of
the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out
of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not
return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear.
24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I
righteousness and strength: even to him shall men
come; and all that are incensed against him shall
be ashamed.
25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be
justified, and shall glory.
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