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Isaiah 45

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Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on , To subdue nations before him , Yea, loins of kings I loose , To open before him two - leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut :

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 ;

` I go before thee, and crooked places make straight , Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver , And bars of iron I cut asunder,

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 :

And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah , Who am calling on thy name -- ` am ' the God of Israel.

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.

For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen , I call also thee by thy name , I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

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.

I ` am ' Jehovah , and there is none else, Except Me there is no God , I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me .

I am the LORD , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me :

So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me , I ` am ' Jehovah , and there is none else ,

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 .

Forming light, and preparing darkness , Making peace, and preparing evil , I `am' Jehovah, doing all these things. '

I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.

Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth , and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together , I , Jehovah, have prepared it.

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.

Wo `to' him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer , ` What dost thou? ' And thy work, ` He hath no hands? '

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?

Wo `to' him who is saying to a father, ` What dost thou beget ? ' Or to a wife , ` What dost thou bring forth?

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman , What hast thou brought forth?

Thus said Jehovah , The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands , ye command Me. '

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.

I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.

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.

I have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out , Not for price , nor for bribe , said Jehovah of Hosts.

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.

Thus said Jehovah , ` The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure , Unto thee pass over , and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves , Unto thee they pray: Only in thee `is' God, And there is none else, no `other' God.

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.

Surely Thou ` art ' a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel -- Saviour !

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel , the Saviour .

They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them , Together gone in confusion have those carving images .

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them : they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols .

Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation : ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God , Former of earth , and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: ` I ` am ' Jehovah, and there is none else.

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.

Not in secret have I spoken , in a dark place of the earth , I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me , I `am' Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness .

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 .

Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations , They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god ` that ' saveth not .

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 .

Declare ye, and bring near , Yea, they take counsel together , Who hath proclaimed this from of old ? From that time hath declared it ? Is it not I -- Jehovah ? And there is no other god besides Me , A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.

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.

Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth , For I ` am ' God, and there is none else.

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am God, and there is none else.

By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word , And it turneth not back , That to Me , bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

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.

Only in Jehovah , said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength , Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.

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 .

In Jehovah are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves . '

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

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