Isa 45
1 Cyrus The LORD's Anointed
Thus says
the LORD God
to my anointed Cyrus, whose [
2I held
1right
hand], [
2to heed
3before
4him
1for nations]; and
the strength of kings I will tear up; I will open [
2before
3him
1doors], and gates shall not be closed up.
2I [
2before
3you
1will go], and [
2mountains
1I shall level]. [
2the doors
3of brass
1I shall break], and bars of iron I break in pieces.
3And I shall give to you treasures -- obscure, concealed, unseen. I will open to you that you should know that I
am the LORD your God, the one calling your name, the God of Israel.
4Because of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I shall call you
by your name, and favorably receive you; though you did not know me.
5For I
am the LORD God, and there is not yet besides me -- there is not a god. I strengthened you, and you did not know me;
6that [
9should know
1the ones
2from
3the east
4sun
5and
6the ones
7from
8the west] that there is not
one besides me. I
am the LORD God, and there is not any more.
7I
am the one carefully preparing light, and I made darkness; the one making peace, and
the one creating bad
things. I
am the LORD God, the one doing all these
things.
8Let [
4be glad
1the
2heaven
3above], and [
2the
3clouds
1let] sprinkle righteousness! Let [
3arise
1the
2earth], and burst forth mercy! And let righteousness burst forth together! I am
the LORD, the one creating you.
9What made better mortar of a potter? Will the one plowing plow the earth
the entire day? Will [
3say
1the
2mortar] to the potter, What do you do that you do not work, nor have hands?
10Woe the one saying to the father, Why shall you engender
me? and to the mother, Why shall you travail?
11For thus says
the LORD God, the holy one of Israel, the one making the coming
things, Ask me concerning my sons. And concerning the works of my hands, shall you give charge to me!
12I made
the earth, and man upon it. I [
4by 5my hand
1solidified
2the
3heaven]. I [
2to all
3the
4stars
1gave charge].
13I raised him with righteousness
as king, and all his ways
are straight. He shall build my city, and the captivity of my people he shall return. Not by ransoms, nor by gifts, said
the LORD of Hosts.
14Thus says
the LORD of Hosts, Egypt tired
for you, and
the trade of
the Ethiopians and the Sabeans, [
2men
1haughty
4over
5you
3shall pass], and they will be your servants; and [
2after
3you
1they shall follow] being tied in manacles, and they shall pass over to you, and shall do obeisance to you, and [
2to
3you
1they shall pray], for [
3among
4you
1God
2is], and there is no God besides you.
15For you are God, and we did not know -- God of Israel,
the deliverer.
16[
5shall be ashamed
6and
7shall feel remorse
1all
2the ones
3being an adversary
4to him]; and they shall go in shame. Be dedicated to me, O islands.
17Israel is delivered by
the LORD [
2deliverance
1with an eternal]; they shall not be ashamed, nor should they feel remorse unto the eon still.
18For thus says
the LORD, the one making the heaven, this God, the one introducing the earth and making it; he separated it, [
2not
5empty
1he did
3make
4it], but [
3to dwell in
1he shaped
2it]; I am
the LORD, and there is none beside.
19[
2not
4in
5secret
1I have
3spoken], nor in a place of
the earth
that is dark. I did not tell to the seed of Jacob, [
2a vain
thing 1Seek]! I am
the LORD, the one speaking righteousness, and announcing truth.
20 False Gods
Gather together and come! Consult together! O ones being delivered from the nations. They are not knowing, the ones lifting [
2wood
3carving
1their], and praying to a god which does not deliver.
21The ones that shall announce, let them approach that they should know together, who audibly did these
things. From
the beginning from then it was announced to you. Am I not
the LORD God? There is no other besides me -- just and a deliverer. There is none besides me.
22Turn unto me! and you shall be delivered, O ones from
the end of the earth. I am God, and there is no other.
23According to myself I swear by an oath, that [
2shall come forth
3from out of
4my mouth
1righteousness]; my words shall not be perverted. For [
3shall bend to me
1every
2knee], and [
3shall swear by an oath
1every
2tongue] by God,
24saying, Righteousness and glory [
2to
3him
1shall come]; and [
6shall be ashamed
1all
2the ones
3of them being separated
4from
5the LORD].
25They shall be justified, and in God they shall be glorified -- all the seed of the sons of Israel.