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This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be 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 will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

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:

"I will give you the 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 calls you by your name.

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 Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have 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 the LORD, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will arm you, though you have 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 people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no one 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.

The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things.

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

"Drip down, heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness sprout with it. I, the LORD, have created 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.

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker— A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has 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?

"Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you fathering?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'"

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

This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker: "Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.

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.

"It is I who made the earth, and created mankind upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands, And I ordained all their lights.

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 in righteousness, And I will make all his ways smooth. He will build My city and let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of armies.

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.

This is what the LORD says: "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains And will bow down to you; They will plead with you: 'God certainly is with you, and there is no one 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.

Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior!

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

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

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

Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity.

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

For this is what the LORD says, He who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it as a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited): "I am the LORD, and there is no one 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.

"I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a wasteland'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are right.

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.

"Gather yourselves and come; Come together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge, Who carry around their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save.

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 and present your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this long ago? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except 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 the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.

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

"I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

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.

"They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' People will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

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 the LORD all the offspring of Israel Will be justified and will boast."

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