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Thus says the Lord to ^(a)Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right ^(b)hand, To ^(c)subdue nations before him And ^[a]to ^(d)loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

"I will go before you and ^(e)make the ^[b]rough places smooth; I will ^(f)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron ^(g)bars.

"I will give you the ^[c](h)treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The Lord , the God of Israel, who ⁽ⁱ⁾calls you by your name.

"For the sake of ^(j)Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also ^(k)called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have ^(l)not known Me.

"I am the Lord , and ^(m)there is no other; ⁽ⁿ⁾Besides Me there is no God. I will ^[d](o)gird you, though you have not known Me;

That ^[e](p)men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is ^(q)no one besides Me. I am the Lord , and there is no other,

The One ^(r)forming light and ^(s)creating darkness, Causing ^[f]well-being and ^(t)creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these.

"^(u)Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the ^(v)earth open up and salvation bear fruit, ^(w)And righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord , have created it.

"Woe to the one who ^(x)quarrels with his ^[g]Maker— An earthenware vessel ^[h]among the vessels of earth! Will the ^(y)clay say to the ^[i]potter, ‘What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands'?

"Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?' Or to a woman, ‘To what are you ^[j]giving birth?'"

Thus says the ^(z) Lord , the Holy One of Israel, and his ^[k](aa)Maker: "^[l](ab)Ask Me about the things to come ^[m]concerning My ^(ac)sons, And you shall commit to Me ^(ad)the work of My hands.

"It is I who ^(ae)made the earth, and created man upon it. I ^(af)stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ^[n]ordained ^(ag)all their host.

"I have aroused him in ^(ah)righteousness And I will ^(ai)make all his ways smooth; He will ^(aj)build My city and will let My exiles go ^(ak)free, Without any payment or reward," says the Lord of hosts.

Thus says the Lord , "The ^[o]products of ^(al)Egypt and the merchandise of ^[p](am)Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will ^(an)come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in ^(ao)chains And will ^(ap)bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: ‘^[q]Surely, ^(aq)God is ^[r]with you, and ^(ar)there is none else, No other God.'"

Truly, You are a God who ^(as)hides Himself, O God of Israel, ^(at)Savior!

They will be ^(au)put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The ^(av)manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

Israel has been saved by the Lord With an ^(aw)everlasting salvation; You ^(ax)will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity.

For thus says the Lord , who ^(ay)created the heavens (He is the God who ^(az)formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it ^[s]a ^(ba)waste place, but formed it to be ^(bb)inhabited), "I am the Lord , and ^(bc)there is none else.

"^(bd)I have not spoken in secret, In ^[t]some dark land; I did not say to the ^[u](be)offspring of Jacob, ‘^(bf)Seek Me in ^[v]a waste place'; I, the Lord , ^(bg)speak righteousness, ^(bh)Declaring things that are upright.

"^(bi)Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; ^(bj)They have no knowledge, Who ^(bk)carry about ^[w]their wooden idol And ^(bl)pray to a god who cannot save.

"^(bm)Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. ^(bn)Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the Lord ? And there is ^(bo)no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a ^(bp)Savior; There is none except Me.

"^(bq)Turn to Me and ^(br)be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.

"^(bs)I have sworn by Myself, The ^(bt)word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me ^(bu)every knee will bow, every tongue will ^(bv)swear allegiance.

"They will say of Me, ‘Only ^(bw)in the Lord are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And ^(bx)all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

"In the Lord all the offspring of Israel Will be ^(by)justified and will ^(bz)glory."