1 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: 2 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; 3 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.
4 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. 5 I am
Yahweh, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird you,
though you have not known me; 6 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. 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and
create evil. I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 8 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. 9 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?” 10 Woe to him who says to a father, “What have you become the
father of?” or to a woman, “With what do you travail?” 11 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. 12 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.
13 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. 14 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. 15 Most assuredly you are a God who hid yourself, God of
Israel, the Savior.’
16 They shall be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go
into confusion together who are makers of idols. 17 But Israel
shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be
disappointed nor confounded world without end. 18 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. 19 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. 20 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. 21 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. 22 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends
of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. 23 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.
24 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. 25 In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and
shall glory.
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