Isaiah Chapter 45
45:1 | 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 ![]() |
45:2 | 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: |
45:3 | 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 ![]() |
45:4 | For Jacob my servant' sake, and ![]() |
45:5 | I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: |
45:6 | That they may know from the rising of the ![]() |
45:7 | I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create ![]() ![]() |
45:8 | Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the ![]() |
45:9 | Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the ![]() |
45:10 | Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? |
45:11 | Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of ![]() |
45:12 | I have made the ![]() |
45:13 | 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. |
45:14 | 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. |
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45:16 | They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together [that are] makers of idols. |
45:17 | [But] ![]() |
45:18 | For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the ![]() |
45:19 | I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the ![]() |
45:20 | 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 ![]() |
45:21 | Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient ![]() ![]() |
45:22 | Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the ![]() |
45:23 | 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. |
45:24 | 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. |
45:25 | In the LORD shall all the seed of ![]() ![]() |