Isaiah 45

Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held , to subdue nations before him , and I will loose the loins of kings ; to open the doors before him , and the gates shall not be shut :

I will go before you , and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron ;

and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh , who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.

For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen , I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you , though you have not known me.

I am Yahweh , and there is none else ; besides me there is no God . I will gird you , though you have not known me ;

that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me : I am Yahweh , and there is no one else.

I form the light, and create darkness ; I make peace, and create evil . I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

Distil , you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I , Yahweh, have created it.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker --a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth ! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, " What are you making ? " or your work, " He has no hands? "

Woe to him who says to a father, " What have you become the father of ? " or to a woman, "With what do you travail ? "

Thus says Yahweh , 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 you me.

I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens ; and all their host have I commanded.

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free , not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of Hosts.

Thus says Yahweh: " The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia , and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you , and they shall be yours. They shall go after you. In chains they shall come over ; and they shall fall down to you. They shall make supplication to you: ' Surely God is in you ; and there is none else, there is no other god.

Most assuredly you are a God who hid yourself , God of Israel, the Savior . '

They shall be disappointed, yes , confounded, all of them ; they shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols.

[ But ] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.

For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens , the God who formed the earth and made it , who established it and didn't create it a waste , who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh ; and there is no one else.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I , Yahweh, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.

Declare you , and bring [it] forth ; yes , let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old ? Haven't I , Yahweh ? and there is no God else besides me , a just God and a Savior ; there is no one besides me.

Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth ; for I am God, and there is none else.

By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [ in ] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Only in Yahweh , it is said of me , is righteousness and strength ; even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed .

In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.