Isaiah 45

1Thus saith YHWH to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him, And to loose the loins of kings; To open the doors before him, And that the gates may not be shut:

2I will go before thee, And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron;

3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I am YHWH, Who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

4For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel Mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known Me.

5I am YHWH, and there is none else, Beside Me there is no God; I have girded thee, though thou hast not known Me;

6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, That there is none beside Me; I am YHWH; and there is none else;

7I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am YHWH, that doeth all these things.

8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, that they may bring forth salvation, And let her cause righteousness to spring up together; I YHWH have created it.

9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, As a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: ‘What makest thou?’ Or: ‘Thy work, it hath no hands’?

10Woe unto him that saith unto his father: ‘Wherefore begettest thou?’ Or to a woman: ‘Wherefore travailest thou?’

11Thus saith YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me of the things that are to come; Concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.

12I, even 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.

13I have roused him up in victory, And I make level all his ways; He shall build My city, And he shall let Mine exiles go free, Not for price nor reward, Saith YHWH of hosts.

14Thus saith YHWH: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine; They shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; And they shall fall down unto thee, They shall make supplication unto thee: Surely God is in thee, and there is none else, There is no other God.

15Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

16They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; They shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols.

17O Israel, that art saved by YHWH with an everlasting salvation; Ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

18For thus saith YHWH that created the heavens, He is God; That formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not a waste, He formed it to be inhabited: I am YHWH, and there is none else.

19I have not spoken in secret, In a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob: ‘Seek ye Me in vain’; I YHWH speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, Ye that are escaped of the nations; They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, And pray unto a god that cannot save.

21Declare ye, and bring them near, Yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced this from ancient time, And declared it of old? Have not I YHWH? And there is no God else beside Me, 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.

23By Myself have I sworn, The word is gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, And shall not come back, That unto Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall swear.

24Only in YHWH, shall one say of Me, is victory and strength; Even to Him shall men come in confusion, All they that were incensed against Him.

25In YHWH shall all the seed of Israel Be justified, and shall glory.