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1Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,[#44:28]
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2“I will go before you
and level the exalted places,
I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3I will give you the treasures of darkness[#Jer. 50:37; 51:13]
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord ,
the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
4For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I name you, though you do not know me.
5I am the Lord , and there is no other,[#44:8]
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not know me,
6that people may know, from the rising of the sun[#37:20; Mal. 1:11]
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord , and there is no other.
7I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and create calamity;
I am the Lord , who does all these things.
8“Shower, O heavens, from above,[#Deut. 32:2]
and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
9“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,[#Eccles. 6:10 10:15]
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11Thus says the Lord ,[#Ezek. 39:7]
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
12I made the earth[#Jer. 27:5]
and created man on it;
it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.
13I have stirred him up in righteousness,[#41:2]
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
14Thus says the Lord :
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”
15Truly, you are a God who hides himself,[#57:17]
O God of Israel, the Savior.
16All of them are put to shame and confounded;[#42:17]
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
17But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
18For thus says the Lord ,[#42:5]
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it empty,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord , and there is no other.
19I did not speak in secret,[#48:16; Deut. 30:11]
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek me in vain.’
I the Lord speak the truth;
I declare what is right.
20“Assemble yourselves and come;[#41:1]
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
21Declare and present your case;[#41:22, 26; 43:9]
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the Lord ?
And there is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none besides me.
22“Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
23By myself I have sworn;[#Gen. 22:16]
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
24“Only in the Lord , it shall be said of me,[#26:4; 44:8]
are righteousness and strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
all who were incensed against him.
25In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall glory.”