“1 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; 2 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: 3 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. 4 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.”
“5 I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside
me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 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. 7 I form the
light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do
all these [things]. 8 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. 9 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. 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.” (Isaiah 45:1-25 AV)