1Thus 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;
2I 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:
3And 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.
4For 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.
5I am the
LORD, and there
is none else, there
is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou
hast not known me:
6That 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.
7I form the light, and create darkness: I
make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all
these things.
8Drop 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.
9Woe 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?
10Woe unto him that saith unto his father,
What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou
brought forth?
11Thus 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.
12I 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.
13I 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.
14Thus 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.
15Verily thou art a
God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the
Saviour.
16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded,
all of them: they shall go to confusion together that
are makers of idols.
17But Israel
shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting
salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded
world without end.
18For 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.
19I 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.
20Assemble 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.
21Tell 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.
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God,
and there
is none else.
23I 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.
24Surely, 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.
25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be
justified, and shall glory.